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Pfizer is Being Sued For Discriminating Against Whites and Asians.

A group of healthcare professionals have sued Pfizer Inc for running a discriminatory fellowship program that excludes white and Asian applicants. The group, Do No Harm, filed a complaint on September 12th in Manhattan federal court targeting the pharmaceutical giant’s Breakthrough Fellowship Program. The COVID-19 vaccine maker’s program was labeled “discriminatory on its face” by the group because only Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans can apply. Run out of New York, the fellowship program is part of the company’s broader, nine-year commitment to boost minority representation, aiming to enroll 100 fellows in the program by 2025. Participants receive a guaranteed

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Trump DOJ Secures Victory Against Tech Firm With Anti-U.S. Citizen Hiring Practices

The Department of Justice Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative has secured a victory against the practice of anti-citizen discrimination carried out by the tech sector. Robert Heath, an IT worker and U.S. citizen, triumphed over a Dallas-area corporation issuing job postings revealing it was interested in hiring specific classes of aliens. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), this constituted “discrimination against U.S. workers.” The “settlement resolves claims that Ikon routinely discriminated against U.S. workers by posting job advertisements specifying a preference for applicants with temporary work visas, and that Ikon failed to consider at least one U.S. citizen applicant who applied