Tag: Discrimination
NCAA extends contract of President Mark Emmert through 2025
The NCAA Board of Governors voted Tuesday to extend the contract of President Mark Emmert by two years through 2025.
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Tim Scott, only Black GOP senator, set to respond to Biden
WASHINGTON — Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator, is often happy to dart past Capitol Hill reporters without saying much. This time, he...
Report: Pandemic gives rise to antisemitic ‘Zoom bombing’
Antisemites adopted a new tactic for spewing their hate when the COVID-19 pandemic closed synagogues and Jewish schools and community centers: hijacking video conferences.
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Global rights group accuses Israel of apartheid, persecution
JERUSALEM — One of the world's best-known human rights groups said Tuesday that Israel is guilty of the international crimes of apartheid and persecution...
Group challenges segregated meetings about Chauvin verdict
MADISON, Wis. — A conservative legal group is challenging a Wisconsin school district over an email sent to families soliciting their participation in what...
Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP
NEW YORK — If the nation is in the midst of a historic reckoning on racism, most leaders of the Republican Party are not...
Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states...
Alabama, Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — State offices were closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day, which a watchdog group used to call for...
German held after racist attack on Syrian caught on video
BERLIN — A 39-year-old German man has been arrested in connection with a racist attack on a teenage refugee in the eastern city of...
Vassos Lyssarides, respected Cypriot politician dies at 100
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
Vassos Lyssarides, one of Cyprus’ most respected...