Latest "discrimination" stories

Barriers still prevent women from joining special ops, watchdog says

Inconsistent policies to prevent gender discrimination and sexual harassment are among the barriers to why women make up less than 10% of special ops.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

3 months ago

More than half of women soldiers reporting sexual harassment say it is ‘serious’ and ‘persistent’: study

Men and women both face forms of harassment in the Army, women are more likely to face "serious" or "persistent" harassment.

By James R. Webb

20 months ago

History of integration in the US Armed Services

The U.S. military did not even really start integrating the forces until July, 1948.

By Lawrence J. Korb

21 months ago

58 years ago, James Meredith broke the color barrier at Ole Miss. Here’s how the Air Force and Army shaped that battle

“I knew then that I had to leave the Air Force, come back to Mississippi, and go to war.”

By Stephen Losey

2 years ago

Air Force Academy cadet wrote racial slur outside his own dorm room

That cadet candidate is no longer a student at the academy's prep school.

By Stephen Losey

5 years ago

Racial slurs written on dorm room boards of black Air Force Academy cadet candidates

Racial slurs were written on the dormitory message boards of five black cadet candidates at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School earlier this week.

By Stephen Losey

6 years ago

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