housing discrimination

Congressional Democrats Push Sweeping Bill to Curb Algorithmic Bias in Housing, Jobs, and Policing

Dec 5, 2025

A coalition of prominent Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), reintroduced ambitious legislation Wednesday aimed at halting discrimination by artificial intelligence in critical areas of American life. The “AI Civil Rights Act” seeks to impose federal guardrails on the opaque algorithms that increasingly determine who gets a job,…
Civil Rights Legal Experts Condemn Trump’s New Executive Orders Targeting Disparate Impact Protections

Apr 27, 2025

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is sounding the alarm over a series of new executive orders issued by the Trump administration. The respected organization is calling the new EOs a direct attack on decades of hard-fought civil rights protections. Legal experts from the organization have sharply criticized the measures, which they say…
Justice Department Sues Illinois Landlord for Sexually Harassing Tenants

Jul 23, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Michael J. DeWitte, a landlord from Washington, Illinois, accusing him of sexually harassing female tenants and housing applicants in violation of the Fair Housing Act. DeWitte has managed residential rental properties in Peoria and other central Illinois counties since at least 2002. “Landlords…

Congressional Democrats Push Sweeping Bill to Curb Algorithmic Bias in Housing, Jobs, and Policing