discrimination

The AP's decision to stop using the term 'illegal immigrant' highlights the difficulties of finding neutral language for divisive political issues.

Despite decades of rules, legislation and effort, obstacles remain that hinder equal employment opportunities for African-Americans in the federal workplace, a federal commission has reported.

Companies would have to adjust the duties of women who can't perform their normal jobs because they are pregnant, under legislation pending in the Maryland General Assembly.

Republicans are grasping at straws in their effort to derail President Obama's nomination of Marylander Thomas Perez for labor secretary.

With her latest production, Annapolis Shakespeare Company founder and artistic director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo is expanding the young company's horizons, both artistically and physically.

A female black Howard County Police officer is suing the department and her supervisor for racial discrimination in U.S. District Court.

Two NFL players have been among most outspoken advocates of same-sex marriage

Younger generations are leaving behind the prejudice that decades ago was such an ordinary part of life

Twenty years after Thurgood Marshall's massive disparities continue between blacks and whites

Consumer advocates welcomed a federal effort aiming to prevent predatory mortgage lending at a town hall in Baltimore on Thursday, but expressed worries that new rules would not halt discrimination.

An Annapolis company whose old-fashioned trolleys are iconic in the city's wedding scene has abandoned the nuptial industry entirely rather than serve same-sex couples.

Maryland's advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights fails to report any findings despite ample evidence of discrimination in the criminal justice system.

Stereotypes about the aging featured in 'funny' greeting cards can lead to actual harm when they become internalized

Stereotypes about the aging featured in 'funny' greeting cards can lead to actual harm when they become internalized

The Supreme Court must resist attempts weaken a signature law of the Civil Rights era

Baltimore County has asked a judge to delay proceedings in a federal case involving age discrimination in its retirement system, saying that determining damages could be a "lengthy, costly and complex" process that requires the review of 10,000 pension files, according to federal court filings.

Employers and government officials in Maryland touted the economic benefits of same-sex marriage law, including improving workplace conditions, helping employers attract and retain talent and boosting tourism and wedding-related business

Question 6, which would affirm Maryland's law allowing same-sex marriage, would guarantee equality under the law.

A federal judge has ruled that Baltimore County's pension system discriminates against beneficiaries based on age because older workers were required to pay more toward their retirement than younger workers.

A vote for Question 6 is a vote to end discrimination

Is there a better word for bigotry?

Weeks after Baltimore County agreed about $500,000 to settle a workplace discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, a former county police lieutenant and two former firefighters have filed federal lawsuits claiming they were illegally forced off their jobs.

A Boy Scout's father says his son has gotten a great deal out of his experience, but he is no longer comfortable with the organization because of its policy on gays.

Baltimore County has agreed to pay about $500,000 and reform workplace practices to settle a federal lawsuit accusing officials of discrimination against 10 Police and Fire Department employees and job applicants, chiefly on the basis of medical conditions, according to court documents and lawyers for the county and the people making the complaints.

Though they are not Muslim, Sikhs have borne the brunt of much post 9/11 anti-Muslim prejudice because of their appearance.

Under a landmark $175 million deal, Wells Fargo Bank will provide $7.5 million to the city of Baltimore to settle claims it engaged in price discrimination in its subprime mortgage lending practices.

Although Jane Austen lived nearly 200 years after William Shakespeare, hey shared a literary sensitivity to the social rituals that make courtship such a trying experience. That's why it isn't much of a stretch for the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company to do a theatrical adaptation of Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City

Baltimore County Tuskegee Airmen Lemuel Lewie and Cyril Byron will serve as grand marshals of the Towson Fourth of July Parade.

The NAACP and ACLU were right to protest racial disparities in Maryland's criminal justice system

The head of Maryland's Commission on Civil Rights explains the crucial legal distinction between discrimination and prejudice.

A small but growing number of Baltimore artists are helping challenge hip-hop's homophobia

Republicans can't hide from Senate's unwillingness to debate paycheck fairness law

A proposal to expand equal-pay protections for female workers sponsored by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski failed to clear a procedural vote in the Senate on Tuesday, ending the measure's chances but opening a potential Democratic attack line in this year's election.

Those who work so hard to deny equal rights to same-sex couples are shameful

A Columbia woman who participates in the government-funded Housing Choice Voucher Program has filed a discrimination complaint against a major real estate company after she was denied the opportunity to rent a Columbia town house last year.

Legislation introduced by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski that would try to ensure more equal pay for women will be thrust into the national spotlight in coming days as Democratic leaders push to put the controversial bill to a vote.

Government must sometimes step in to enforce freedoms, as it for women and blacks