The former editor of a U.S. newspaper sued her employer, alleging she was fired because she is a woman and Jewish. Allison Walzer was editor of the Times Leader in northeast Pennsylvania from 1986 to 2005. She filed against the paper on April 7, demanding some $450,000 for gender discrimination, religious discrimination and violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
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