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Report Says Minorities Living in Urban Areas Pay More for Car Insurance

A new report suggests that people living in urban minority neighborhoods could be paying as much as 30 percent more for car insurance, but an industry group says the report’s findings are flawed. Nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica and Consumer …

Judge: New York City Owes Over $128M in FDNY Lawsuit

A federal judge says the amount of back wages owed to minorities impacted by discrimination in New York City’s firefighter entrance exams could be more than $128 million. In a decision Thursday, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said there would …