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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The U.S. Education Department is investigating a discrimination complaint against a South Carolina school district.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Marriage equality supporters joining one another Tuesday, not in matrimony, but to support a new bill protecting that would protect against discrimination in the workplace.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  The city celebrated 50 years of Edwards vs. South Carolina.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Wofford College's governing board has agreed to add sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Some Wofford College students want the Spartanburg school to add sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Federal judges are questioning whether South Carolina can wait until 2014 to put its new voter ID law into effect.

Friday, August 31, 2012  Attorneys are wrapping up testimony in the federal trial of South Carolina's voter identification law.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  An attorney representing black South Carolina voters says a federal court ruling on Texas' voting maps bolsters his appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Monday, August 27, 2012  A federal court in Washington considers a lawsuit challenging whether South Carolina's voter ID law is legal.

Monday, April 02, 2012  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants to get involved in a federal lawsuit over South Carolina's voter ID law.

Saturday, February 25, 2012  A prosecutor told jurors that Dharun Ravi, now 19, spied on roommate Tyler Clementi and acted maliciously "to deprive him of his dignity."

Friday, January 20, 2012  Supreme Court ruling on church discrimination leaves educators at religious schools in limbo

Thursday, December 01, 2011  The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit for the unidentified 13-year-old boy.

Friday, August 19, 2011  The State Department of Health and Human Services will file Medicaid claims for a Lowcountry man with breast cancer despite a federal policy that excludes coverage for men.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and 1st District Congressman Tim Scott say they favor changing Medicaid rules to cover men suffering from breast cancer.