discriminatory

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In Labour's 2024 election manifesto, the party committed to removing "discriminatory age bands" and increase the minimum wage for younger workers so they are paid the same as old age groups.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Voting-rights activists said the majority-Black districts were necessary for the state to comply with the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law that prohibits racially discriminatory election rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Congress responded boldly to that ruling—it rewrote Section 2 of the VRA to allow minority voters to say that plans that had a racially discriminatory effect were vote dilution.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

Their motive, she claims, was discriminatory bias and a piece of legislation she wrote that law enforcement agencies did not like.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Laws that said nothing about race operated to discriminate because those charged with enforcement were granted tremendous discretion, and they exercised that discretion in a highly discriminatory manner.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander