News tagged with religious discrimination
Ex NASA expert attacks bosses in religious row
A former expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) claimed Monday he was falsely accused of harassing co-workers about religion, as he took the stand at an unfair dismissal trial.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Courts endangering religious freedom, academic claims
Studying recent cases in the UK, USA, Canada and mainland Europe, Oxford University philosopher Professor Roger Trigg has identified a trend towards curtailing religious freedom in favour of other social priorities ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Bill would counter Supreme Court age bias ruling
(AP) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to counter another Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, this time taking aim at a ruling that makes it harder for older workers to prove age bias.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Suit alleges dismissal for intelligent design
(AP) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Tokyo subway attack responses 'eroded freedoms'
The 1995 terrorist atrocity on the Tokyo Subway which killed thirteen people has led to a worrying erosion of religious freedom in Japan, according to one of Britain’s leading scholars in Japanese studies.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Supreme Court to hear 'one of most important church-state cases in decades'
As the U.S. Supreme Court opens its October 2011 term, there is intense focus on several high-profile cases and questions the justices are likely to tackle later, including those involving affirmative action, health-care ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Churchgoing teenagers biggest backers of Muslim identity in Britain
New research released today from the University of Warwick’s Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit demonstrates that churchgoing young Christians give much more support to their Muslim peers, in comparison with ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2011 |
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UN summit adopts AIDS targets amid condom storm
A UN summit on Friday ordered a huge expansion in AIDS treatment, but sparked protests by the Vatican and some Muslim nations over its endorsement of condoms and calls to help prostitutes, gays and drug users.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Comment: A right royal mess
The royal wedding raises concerns about rules of succession that reflect centuries-old prejudices against women and Catholics. But changing them will be a logistical nightmare, writes George Williams, UNSW’s ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2011 |
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House votes to repeal regs on Internet access
(AP) -- House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with traffic on their networks.
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Ethnic minorities are 'silent sufferers' of chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by unexplained and debilitating tiredness and is associated with headaches, disrupted sleep, muscle pain and difficulty in concentrating. New research published by BioMed Central's ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Scientist alleges religious discrimination in Ky.
(AP) -- An astronomer argues that his Christian faith and his peers' belief that he is an evolution skeptic kept him from getting a prestigious job as the director of a new student observatory at the University ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Study shows black youth are politically involved, disputes other stereotypes
Many of the assumptions people have about black youth—that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos—are false stereotypes, according to a new University of Chicago study by ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2010 |
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