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Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Enacted in 1975 and reauthorized twice since its passage, the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees students with disabilities a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive...

Proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act

What laws protect employees from sexual orientation discrimination?

While there are a number of federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws, few of these laws make sexual orientation discrimination and...

Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression in the Public Square

Freedom of religion and freedom of expression often intersect

The freedom of religion is among the fundamental freedoms or civil rights protected by the United States Constitution. The First Amendment of the...

Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Housing

What is sexual orientation discrimination?

Discrimination is the unlawful and unfair treatment of a person based on traits such as his or her religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, sex or gender, physical or...

Racial Discrimination in Education

The United States Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that segregation of public schools by race or color was illegal. Specifically, the Court stated that the doctrine of "separate but equal" schools was unconstitutional. A decade later, Congress enacted...