Oscar Wong / Getty Images The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a federal civil rights law designed to ensure fair lending practices. Passed in 1974, it prohibits lenders from discriminating ...

Trump revoked a decades-old executive order saying federal contractors must take affirmative action to avoid discrimination ...

Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - It’s been 50 years since women have been able to get loans and credit cards without a man’s signature thanks to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Shirley McMillan applied ...

As a result of her efforts, Congress passed the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) on October 28,1974, making it illegal for banks to discriminate in lending based on sex or marital status.

For decades, presidents have issued executive orders expanding and strengthening diversity programs within the federal ...

President Trump's major workplace changes may discourage companies from going above and beyond to support diversity and inclusion.

Among the first executive actions signed by President Donald Trump during his first day in office was ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. In ...

The Root spoke with Bakari Sellers, attorney and son of civil rights legend, about the impact of Trump’s executive order.

Some of the posts suggest that revoking the order also repeals the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 — laws that protect against employment discrimination ...