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NEWS ABOUT: age discrimination

age discrimination stories: 9 news summaries

Supremes Make Age-Bias Suits Harder to Prove

Ruling puts burden of proof on workers

Jun 19, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Workers who sue their employers for age discrimination will find their cases much harder to win under a Supreme Court ruling issued yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that it is up to employees who believe they were fired or demoted because of... More »

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employer • bias • US Supreme Court • age discrimination

(Newser) - NBA Hall of Famer and former Los Angeles Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor has sued the team, alleging that owner Donald Sterling had a “vision of a Southern plantation-type structure,” the Los Angles Times reports. The suit claims Sterling often talked about “poor black kids” and... More »

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NBA • basketball • Los Angeles Clippers • discrimination • racism • civil lawsuits • age discrimination • general manager • racial discrimination • Elgin Baylor • Donald Sterling

(Newser) - This year's presidential race is bamboozling many a pollster. Todd Domke looks at some of skewing factors for the Boston Globe:
  • Race: White voters might be reluctant to tell pollsters they oppose a black candidate. Tom Bradley, remember, led the polls for California governor but lost the race. Then
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • race • age • poll • McCain 2008 • age discrimination • opinion polls

Supreme Court Sides With Workers on Age Discrimination

Ruling shifts burden of proof to employers

Jun 19, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled today that it is up to employers in age-discrimination lawsuits to prove that their actions resulted from “reasonable factors other than age,” the New York Times reports. With the opinion making it easier for employees to sue, the court explained to opponents that Congress’... More »

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Congress • oil • age • discrimination • lawsuit • US Supreme Court • age discrimination

ANALYSIS

Dems' Coded Message: McCain Is Old

GOP cries foul over between-the-lines jabs at candidate, 71

Jun 17, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - To a chorus of Republican indignation, Democrats are taking subtle swipes at John McCain's, er, septuagenarian status. From Joe Scarborough saying the "doddering" 71-year-old "needs to go to Miami Beach and play checkers” to John Kerry calling him “confused” or Barack Obama, 46, noting McCain's “half-century... More »

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John McCain • age • political spin • McCain 2008 • age discrimination

 Gender and
 Race Aside,
 Age Pushes
 to Fore 

Boomers, seniors split on whether to support fellow oldster

Jun 15, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that a primary season fraught with racism and sexism has ended, the nation now gears up to face its general-election gremlin: ageism. While John McCain, 71, may joke that the primary qualification to be president is "to be very, very, very, very old," the New York Times... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • baby boomer • age • Obama 2008 • baby boom • McCain 2008 • age discrimination • senior citizens • the senior vote

analysis

Revenge of
the Geezers?

As boomers hit 60, politics become
an old man's—or woman's—game

Apr 12, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, Frank Lautenberg was a 58-year-old hopeful who implied that his opponent, at 72, was too old. Now, Lautenberg is running for re-election in New Jersey at the spry age of 84. “Age is not a factor,” he says. “The question is effectiveness.” But as John... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • baby boomer • old age • Election 2008 • age discrimination

Americans Get More Liberal With Age

Long-term study
shows elders
trending left

Mar 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The older a person gets, the more conservative he or she is likely to be, right? Wrong, say scientists who studied more than 46,000 people who responded to a US government survey from 1972 to 2004. In fact, a lead researcher tells LiveScience, "More people are changing in... More »

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elderly • age • conservative • list • sociology • liberal • age discrimination • senior citizens

Supreme Court Declines to Rule in Ageism Case

District court to hear ex-Sprint employee's 'me too' evidence

Feb 26, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court bounced an age-discrimination case back to district court for clarification today without making a ruling, the New York Times reports. The district court had ruled that other Sprint employees could not testify in the case of Ellen Mendelsohn, who alleges Sprint fired her because of her age.... More »

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Sprint • US Supreme Court • age discrimination • Ellen Mendelsohn

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