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Discrimination

Disparate Impact Civil Rights Claims: A Crucial Tool Under Attack

November 3, 2025
By Democracy Forward, NIWR, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Legal Defense Fund

Disparate impact claims have long helped dismantle unjust barriers to opportunity—ensuring fairer access to housing, education, and economic stability. But these vital civil rights protections are now under threat.

Economic Dignity, Fact Sheet Discrimination, Disparate Impact, featured

Louisiana Bill Risks Increasing Discrimination and Liability for the State, NIWR Warns

June 17, 2025
By NIWR

On May 19, 2025, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote […]

Corporate Accountability, Economic Dignity, News DEI, Discrimination

Making Equal Opportunity Real: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Combat Workplace Discrimination

May 20, 2025
By NIWR

In his inaugural address on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”[1] Subsequently, President Trump issued a series of executive […]

Economic Dignity, Policy Brief, Publication DEI, Discrimination, feature two

NLRB Charge Filed Against Skadden, Arps for Unfair Labor Practices

April 24, 2025
By NIWR

On April 24, the National Institute for Workers’ Rights (NIWR), NELA’s charitable public interest organization, filed an unfair labor practice charge against the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & […]

Corporate Accountability DEI, Discrimination, feature two, nlrb

Enhancing Anti-Discrimination Laws in Education and Employment

October 11, 2023
By NIWR Blog

The print issue of our 2021 symposium on anti-discrimination law is out! The National Institute for Workers’ Rights joined with the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the […]

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