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Oregon was first state to ban real estate agents from sharing personal letters from buyers with home sellers out of housing discrimination worries.

A federal judge based in Oregon ruled that the new law violates the free speech rights of real estate agents.

A U.S. district judge agreed these letters can lead to discrimination, but said the state law goes too far in restricting free speech.

A professor of anthropology at San Jose State University is suing her employer for blocking her from accessing her department’s collection of skeletal remains after she was accused of racism against Native Americans.

An anthropology professor is suing San Jose State University in federal court in California, claiming the school smeared ...

California’s Diversity Psychosis, Even the state’s corporate quota law isn’t tethered to reality.

Listing agents in Oregon now have to comply with a new ban on homebuyer love letters in the state. A lawsuit seeks to undo it.

Some executives say corporate boards have often overlooked qualified women and nonwhite people. That may be changing.

Conservative groups have sued the Securities and Exchange Commission and the state of California to overturn rules requiring banks and other companies to add more women and minorities as directors. Experts say the legal challenges are unlikely to change how corporations think about boardroom diversity.

Messages aim to win over sellers by sharing details from buyers’ lives, which some argue can fuel discrimination