Two food service companies agreed this week to pay millions of dollars to settle charges of racial discrimination. ...more

December 18, 2009

A former director for institutional research at Pasco-Hernando Community College has filed a civil lawsuit against the school, claiming racial discrimination and retaliation. ...more

October 30, 2009

A former University of Florida law professor has sued the school, claiming she was forced to resign after complaining about racism. ...more

February 10, 2009

The city's former sanitation manager will get a chance to appeal his October firing after threatening to sue the city for racial discrimination. ...more

January 24, 2009

Sixty years ago last month, I watched my parents pull the curtains of their voting booths in a Michigan town hall basement to vote for the man who lost the 1948 presidential election. He was Thomas E. Dewey, a Republican widely expected, even by the Democrats, to vanquish wounded incumbent Harry S. Truman. ...more

December 17, 2008

Eight years ago Sunday, Jose Fernandez, then a 28-year-old first-year University of South Florida women's basketball assistant, was promoted from interim to head coach. ...more

December 17, 2008

Kyle Busch made it eight victories this season in the Nationwide Series, leading 157 laps and absolutely dominating to win Saturday in a green-white-checkered flag finish at Dover International Speedway. ...more

September 21, 2008

The country's largest medical association is set to issue a formal apology today for its historic antipathy toward African American doctors, expressing regret for a litany of transgressions. ...more

July 10, 2008

Two officials named in a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against NASCAR have been placed on administrative leave for violating company policy, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

June 14, 2008

NASCAR chairman Brian France denied Wednesday that a former official complained to her supervisors about racial and sexual discrimination, claims she alleged led to her eventual firing. ...more

June 12, 2008