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US raises 'concerns' on alleged discrimination of religious minorities in India
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an organisation India has…
ANI
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A homeless Iowa mom of 2 is struggling to find a landlord who will accept her housing voucher before it expires. The state is making it harder by allowing landlords to discriminate against her.
Iowa law allows landlords to reject voucher holders just because they use a voucher. This kind of h…
Eliza Relman
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Nearly 90% of House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
Last year, the memorial was removed from Arlington Cemetery as part of a push to rethink military i…
John L. Dorman
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GOP House candidate declared himself a 'homophobe' as college student body president
Kevin Coughlin, now running for a swing seat in Ohio, said he was simply criticizing discrimination…
Bryan Metzger
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New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist. But getting that assistance is as unlikely as getting into Harvard.
When New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist for the first time in 15 years, more…
Eliza Relman
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Same sex marriage verdict: CJI says Parliament needs to effect changes in law; directs Centre to act against discrimination
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has left it to the Parliament …
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These 70 House Democrats and 21 Republicans voted against a bill to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses
Progressives opposed the bill because it would require the government to use a definition of antise…
Bryan Metzger
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Low-income Americans wait years to get housing vouchers that are often impossible to use. Fixing the system could mean more funding and less red tape.
Just 60% of voucher recipients nationwide actually use their vouchers to secure housing, which show…
Eliza Relman
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AI boom in Silicon Valley is going to worsen the housing crisis, says CEO of the company trying to build a new city near San Francisco
Jan Sramek, the leader behind plans to build a new California city, said that the AI boom will put …
Lloyd Lee
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A fight over sewage is preventing Long Island from solving its crippling housing crisis
Many residents in Suffolk County, Long Island, are waking up to groundwater contamination and a hou…
Eliza Relman
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Meta promises the DOJ it will build a new ad-targeting algorithm that doesn't discriminate against people
The DOJ said if Meta doesn't build a new, non-discriminatory ad-targeting tool by December 31 it wi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A safe house in Poland offers LGBTQ Ukrainians sanctuary from Russian bombs
Most of the 3.9 million people who have fled Ukraine have poured into Poland, but the country is co…
Emine Ziyatdinova
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Insider Today: You should buy a house now
As bad as the housing market seems nowadays, now might actually be your best chance at getting a ho…
Dan DeFrancesco
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A bill banning height and weight discrimination appears poised to pass in NYC
A New York City bill would outlaw discrimination based on a person's weight or height in jobs, hous…
Katie Balevic
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Minneapolis is giving people $500 a month and recipients say the no-strings-attached cash is helping them fight soaring housing costs
An experimental basic income program in Minneapolis is helping 200 low-income families make rent an…
Eliza Relman
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Biden set to welcome K-pop group BTS to White House to 'address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination'
The Korean boy band will visit the White House on Tuesday, May 31 at the tail-end of AANHPI Heritag…
Bryan Metzger
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Meta wasn't showing the elderly and women the same housing ads as everyone else. It now says its new ad-targeting algorithm won't discriminate.
A recent settlement is the first time that Meta has been held accountable by the federal government…
Robert Davis
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How to know when you're being discriminated against while trying to buy a house
Watch out for coded language when house hunting. Phrases like "a different neighborhood might be a …
Taylor Borden
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People are using cash transfers like basic income to pay rent, and it shows just how badly a housing-crisis solution is needed
More Americans than ever who are eligible for government housing assistance aren't getting it.
Eliza Relman
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A Black real estate agent wanted to show a house to Black clients. They ended up handcuffed at gunpoint.
Roy Thorne, who police handcuffed along with his 15-year-old son after a neighbor saw a "home invas…