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EEOC Suing Washington Post Subsidiary Over Alleged Racial Discrimination

On December 21, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The Washington Post Co.'s  Kaplan Higher Education unit, alleging that it discriminated against black job applicants by refusing to hire people based on their credit histories. The federal lawsuit alleges that Kaplan needlessly evaluated the credit histories of potential hires in a way that had a disparate negative impact on black job applicants. The commission said the practice has been in place since at least January 2008. Click here to read more.
 
 



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