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The Supreme Court declined to intervene in Brian Flores’s discrimination lawsuit against the NFL, allowing the case alleging racial bias in coaching hires to proceed in the lower courts.
A former Meta engineer, Jeremy Bernier, claims race-based discrimination at Meta, saying teams were 90% Chinese and that non-Chinese employees were routinely excluded and targeted in layoffs; he describes Mandarin-only informal conversations and social exclusion, urges Meta to enforce English-speaking policies and diversify leadership, but doubts real change will occur while the leadership remains ethnically homogeneous. Bernier was among Meta's 8,000 layoffs on May 20.
Brian Flores has subpoenaed 25 NFL teams for documents on hiring practices as his discrimination lawsuit expands, bringing nearly the entire league into the case. He plans a third amended complaint with a retaliation claim tied to arbitration, which the NFL calls meritless. No trial date has been set while motions are considered.
An Australian court upheld a ruling in favor of a transgender woman and doubled the damages awarded against a female-only app in a discrimination case.
In a landmark decision, Australia’s Federal Court in Sydney ruled that Roxanne Tickle faced direct gender-identity discrimination when app founder Sall Grover blocked her from the Giggle for Girls app; Grover’s appeal was rejected and the compensation was increased to AU$20,000, the first such gender-identity discrimination case heard by the Federal Court.
The Justice Department concluded Yale School of Medicine discriminated in admissions based on race, favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over White and Asian ones, in violation of federal civil rights law. The finding comes after a 2023 Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious admissions and mirrors similar findings the DOJ issued to UCLA earlier this month. Yale did not immediately comment.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing the newspaper of discriminating against a white, male employee by passing him over for a promotion, with allegations that race and gender factors influenced the decision.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing The New York Times of discriminating against a well-qualified white male employee by denying him a promotion, citing the Times’ DEI policies and a 2021 Call to Action. The Times denies the allegations, saying promotions are merit-based, and will defend itself. This case adds to a string of litigation involving the Times and the Trump administration in recent years.
An EEOC lawsuit filed in federal court accuses The New York Times of denying a White male employee a promotion to a leadership role due to race and sex, seeking injunctive relief, back pay with interest, compensation for emotional distress, punitive damages, and a front-pay promotion option. The Times denies the allegations, stating its hiring is merit-based and calling the claims politically motivated. The case comes amid ongoing scrutiny of the EEOC’s discrimination investigations under the Trump administration’s agenda on diversity and inclusion.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times, alleging unlawful employment practices and discrimination against a white male employee who did not receive a deputy real estate editor promotion in 2025, citing the paper’s race- and sex-based representation goals and related internal communications about diversity hiring.
Israel’s West Bank operations were described in leaked remarks by Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth as “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967,” including the shooting of 42 Palestinian stone-throwers and a justification of discriminatory military justice against Palestinians while settlers face different standards. He also cited a looser set of rules at the separation barrier (shooting suspects in the knee) to deter crossings and framed the conflict as a “survival of the fittest” struggle. The statements drew Haaretz criticism of apartheid-like practices, amid escalating settler violence; UN data say 230 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in 2025.
During oral arguments, Justice Alito pressed a migrant advocate on whether terminating Haitian temporary protected status was racially motivated, noting the policy has affected migrants from many countries. The case centers on whether courts can review TPS decisions and could have broad implications for hundreds of thousands of people; the DOJ argues TPS terminations are an executive matter with no judicial review, while migrants’ lawyers warn of unlawful discrimination. A decision is expected by the end of June.
A Trump-backed task force has released a report alleging that the Biden administration engages in anti-Christian discrimination, raising questions about religious liberty in federal policy.
A second former housekeeper, Juana Delgado Soto, sues Kylie Jenner and affiliated services, alleging racial discrimination, harassment, wage violations, and retaliation after reporting abuse by staff, including wage cuts, heavier workloads, and schedule changes tied to supervisor Itzel Sibrian; Soto says she was mocked for her accent and immigration status, denied breaks and time off, and mistreated around Jenner’s presence. A separate earlier suit by another former employee is mentioned, and Jenner’s representatives have not commented.
The Justice Department struck a $17 million settlement with IBM over alleged DEI policies that violated anti-discrimination laws; IBM did not admit wrongdoing. The case is framed as part of a broader DOJ effort to scrutinize corporate DEI programs and could pave the way for further settlements with other companies.