Tag: discrimination
Please Make That Story Disappear
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 09:50:53 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Shakespear Feyissa is learning a few lessons. Lesson one is that your actions can have unintended consequences. Lesson two, once something gets reported on the internet, it's awfully tough to expunge. Feyissa, a practicing Seattle lawyer, says something that happened over ten years ago is causing him pain and anguish because it can easily be googled. He says the original controversy blew over, so how about deleting that report? Problem being that the report in question is in a school newspaper archive. And the student journalists say once reported, forever archived
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I've Got People ... Who Can't Do Online Civil Union Tax Returns
MayorBob.
Posted to Business on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 08:08:51 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
If you've been watching TV recently, you've probably seen the ads about the person who managed to save a whole bunch on his or her taxes. The secret - they've got people. That's the latest from H&R Block, the granddaddy of all tax preparation firms. Even if you don't need a second look at the taxes you've fumbled with, the company stands ready to prepare your taxes. Filing your taxes online is an increasingly popular method and H&R Block is also ready to do that for you -- unless you're a gay couple in a civil union in Connecticut.
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Always Big Lawsuits...Always
port1080.
Posted to Business on Wed Feb 07, 2007 at 05:02:17 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Wal-Mart now faces the largest class action lawsuit ever to be filed against a business in the United States. In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco appeals court has ruled that there is enough evidence for the pay discrimination case, in which the claimants argue Wal-Mart has systematically pursued a policy of paying women lower wages, to move forward.
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When Does Protection From Predatory Lenders Become Redlining?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 06:07:56 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Predatory mortgage lending practices constitute a "hidden tax" on America's poorest peoples. Fail to score high enough on your credit report and you can expect to end up being serviced by a sub prime lender which will cost you extra money. Some states take the view of "consumer beware": pay your bills, know your limits, improve your credit rating, and know who you're dealing with. Approximately 25 states, like Illinois, have taken direct action to fend off predatory lenders. Yet, when a law designed to protect poor people from being preyed upon ends up causing poor people to not be able to afford to buy property, you can expect them to take action the old-fashioned way - sue the state for discrimination.
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Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Thalia.
Posted to Politics on Fri Jul 07, 2006 at 12:49:54 PM EST. RSS.
Money transfer agencies have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections simply because senders or recipients have names like Mohammed or Ahmed, company officials said. Money sending groups say their clerks are simply following U.S.
Treasury Department guidelines that scrutinize cash flows for terrorist links. Most of the flagged transactions are delayed a few hours. Some are blocked entirely.
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