balding Calling a man "bald" is now considered sexual harassment, rules a judge in England Carla Sinclair
bad samaritans The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn
employment law Google hit with new federal investigation over pregnant employee who claims discrimination Xeni Jardin
tech ethics Facial recognition isn't just bad because it invades privacy: it's because privacy invasions fuel discrimination Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch x Big Tech's addiction to illegal, overreaching NDAs protects wage discrimination, sexual harassment, and other evils by "terrorizing" employees Cory Doctorow
discrimination Arkansas IHOP manager put on leave for refusing to let armless kid eat with his feet Mark Frauenfelder
racial profiling Nordstrom Rack falsely accuses 3 young black men of stealing and calls the cops on them Carla Sinclair
ice agents ICE agents remove legal foreign worker from farm, threaten farmer when questioned about having a warrant Séamus Bellamy
cooties Women helping to save collapsed mayor's life ordered to leave "sacred" sumo ring in Japan Carla Sinclair
Criminal law Gays who were charged under discriminatory laws in New Zealand will have records cleaned Séamus Bellamy
likeable women and competent men Women (but not men) with high GPAs are less likely to get job offers Cory Doctorow
ice-floes-r-us "Blatantly unlawful": companies use Facebook targeting to ensure older workers don't see help-wanted ads Cory Doctorow
acquisition value vs transaction value "One price to all" has been the default since 1840, but online retail is sneakily killing it off Cory Doctorow