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Does the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") Apply to an Association's Common Areas or Common Elements?
Blog Sponsored by Taylor & Carls, P.A. The ADA covers a variety of prohibited activities with regard to discrimination against “disabled” persons, ranging from discrimination in public accommodations to discrimination in employment settings. ...Tags: Social Issues, Tampa, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Tennis, Orlando
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High court ponders: Is racism over?
Sometimes U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia remind me of Statler and Waldorf, the grumpy old cranks in the balcony of "The Muppet Show" — except that in the courtroom Thomas usually lets his fellow conservative do all...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, The Muppet Show (tv program), Voting Rights Act of 1965, Laws, Civil Rights
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AP makes 'illegals' illegal
This week the AP Stylebook, the standardized style guide for newspapers and other publications across the United States, announced that no longer, under their rules, will it be acceptable to use the term "illegal immigrant." AP Executive Editor Kathleen...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Immigration, Homophobia
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The 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival Makes Its Way Around Area Cinemas
17th Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest April 4-15, hjff.org. Two documentaries are the highlights at the 17th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival, which will be bringing 21 films related to Jewish culture and history to theaters...
Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Leonard Nimoy, Melanie Laurent, Marton Csokas, Human Interest
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In Theory: Should Boy Scouts end ban on gays?
The Boy Scouts of America has sent its members a survey as part of its ongoing debate over whether to repeal or continue its ban on gay members. Instead of asking for a simple yes or no, the questionnaire goes into depth on several topics, for example...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Belief and Faith, American Civil Liberties Union, Gays and Lesbians, Religion and Belief
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Another plea for tolerance
Change of SubjectIt’s impossible for anyone who hasn’t spent their whole life in a state of benighted prejudice to know the pain and hardship that people like myself endure every day in our efforts to ensure that gays and lesbians remain oppressed...... -
School-closings controversy needs some reality checks
Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West sides, the children affected aren't black. Let's not pretend that's not racist. ... Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaking at a protest rally Wednesday As long as we'...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, U.S. Supreme Court, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Md. rental housing discrimination likely to die in committee
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Maryland Senate voted by the narrowest of margins this week to send a bill that aimed to address rental housing discrimination back to committee, effectively ending its chances of passing this year. Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, who...Tags: Social Issues, Christopher B. Shank, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Chicago Housing Authority, Poverty
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As times change, will tolerance for tradition be tolerated?
With the issue of same-sex marriage argued before the Supreme Court and raging elsewhere in America, a question: Is it possible to be a traditional Christian or Muslim or Orthodox Jew — and hold to one's faith on what constitutes marriage —...
Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Customs and Tradition, Belief and Faith, Interreligious Dialogue, Civil Rights
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Weight Discrimination: Obesity Presents More Than Just Health Problems
If you're obese (and chances of that are pretty good in America right now), your odds of being found guilty in a jury trial are higher than if you're skinny. If you're an obese woman, things in court can be even uglier. And you do not want to be labeled...
Tags: Weight, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research, Civil Rights
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Cost of Burbank police litigation hits $7.1 million
The cost incurred by the city as it continues to defend itself against a slew of lawsuits filed by former and current police officers has hit $7.1 million and counting, officials announced recently. And most of the cases — which center on claims...
Tags: Laws, Local Elections, Minority Groups, Sex Crimes, Theft
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Virginia to dedicate historical marker in Danville for NASCAR pioneer Wendell Scott
The state of Virginia will issue an historical marker in honor of NASCAR pioneer and Danville native Wendell Scott on April 5. The dedication will be at noon April 5 at the marker’s location at 118 Wendell Scott Drive in Danville. In 1963 Scott...
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Virginia Department of Transportation, Local Government, Stock Car Racing, American Legion
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