Sexual harassment is one of the areas of job discrimination investigated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Lena Horne said the experience and other discrimination led to her work in the civil rights movement.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Frank Ricci was among a group of white and Hispanic firefighters who sued the city for discrimination.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

She says she liked its perfect world with no disease, no discrimination and a very orderly government.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

In two thousand one, a group of women took legal action against the company for sex discrimination.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Spokeswoman Lenore Ostrowsky says the purpose is to identify if discrimination is taking place in schools.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

But government lawyer Chris Kuczynski says no federal law bars discrimination based purely on lifestyle decisions.

VOA: special.2011.02.28

It bars discrimination on the basis of sex at any educational institution that receives federal money.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

His family experienced the terrible reality of hatred and discrimination when he was a young boy.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

He sought to end racial separation laws and other discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Children are particularly vulnerable to the hurt caused by discrimination and prejudice and we have lost many young people over the years to suicide.

VOA: special.2010.10.23

However,the law does not bar sex discrimination in admissions at private undergraduate schools, only public ones.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Frank experienced for himself the discrimination that was present in his picture of New Orleans.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

Workplace bullying can involve threats, baseless criticism,discrimination and favoring some employees unfairly over others.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

Congress passed the law to bar discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Federal law bars sex discrimination at any school that receives federal money.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

He worked to end discrimination against people with physical and mental disabilities.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The EEOC is a federal agency that enforces laws against discrimination.

VOA: special.2011.02.28

And she told them to reject racial discrimination.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

The law banned racial discrimination in the workplace.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

But they soon faced discrimination and political oppression.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Critics say it will support racial discrimination.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

They fought discrimination against African-American artists.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

"The best antidote to intolerance is not the 'Defamation of Religions' approach of banning and punishing offensive speech, but rather a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and a vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression."

VOA: special.2009.10.31