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Tesla sued for racial discrimination by U.S. civil rights agency

 The assembly line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif., June 28, 2018.  (Justin Kaneps/The New York Times)

A federal agency has filed a lawsuit accusing Tesla of ongoing mistreatment of Black employees at its factory in California.

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