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Is separate ever really equal?
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Separate is NEVER Equal -- Even in Jersey
The New Jersey Supreme Court might have thought it was dropping a bombshell when it ruled that gay and lesbian committed couples deserved the same legal benefits as heterosexual married couples under the state’s constitution...

Separate But Equal: Massachusetts Moves Toward Segregated Math Classes
Massachusetts has joined the movement toward re-segregating our public schools by race or gender or sexual orientation. Superintendent Richard W...

NAACP Targets Wells Fargo, HSBC In Separate Class Actions Alleging Violations Of Fair Housing, Civil Rights, Equal Credit Opportunity Acts
The NAACP announces:[Friday], the NAACP filed separate lawsuits in U.S. District Court in California against two of the country?s largest lenders, Wells Fargo, and HSBC...

Barriers to Justice: Examining Equal Pay for Equal Work
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing entitled "Barriers to Justice: Examining Equal Pay for Equal Work" that examined how federal courts treat employment discrimination cases...

Women Deserve Equal Pay For Equal Work
Today is Equal Pay Day, the day which marks how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year...

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

Divorce in the Philippines between a national and a foreigner?
first of all,eventhough divorce is not legal in the Phil,the fact that you are m...

I live on 10 acres in a "residental" area of homes. Even though we are not zoned commercial my next door neighbor obtained a variance from the county and is running a business. The traffic is right next to my
The time to protest was when the variance was being deliberated by the County. Y...

I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...