Tag: Race and ethnicity

Delaware lawmaker apologizes for making Asian slur in email

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Democratic lawmaker in Delaware has apologized for using a racist and sexist slur to refer to sex workers, saying he...

An Olympics like no other, Tokyo perseveres to host Games

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TOKYO — It's an Olympics like no other — and the Tokyo Games are surely that — but this is an event that has...

Federal court nixes Indiana’s voter registration purge law

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INDIANAPOLIS — A federal appeals court has sided with opponents of an Indiana law aimed at having elections officials immediately purge voter registrations for...

Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

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PARIS — A French Holocaust survivor has denounced anti-vaccination protesters comparing themselves to Jews who were persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II....

Minnesota Democrat who rose after Castile death under attack

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MINNEAPOLIS — A Black Minnesota state lawmaker who rose to prominence after the fatal shooting of his friend Philando Castile came under increasing pressure...

GOP eyes Latinos in South Texas in effort to regain Congress

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McALLEN, Texas — In Republicans' bid to retake control of Congress, this traditionally Democratic stretch of south Texas has quietly become a top battleground. ...

Germany cuts short Olympic warmup with allegations of racism

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WAKAYAMA, Japan — Germany’s Olympic soccer team walked off the field during a preparation match for the Tokyo Games on Saturday in response to...

Confederate monument removed from city hall in Louisiana

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LAFAYETTE, La. — Spectators cheered Saturday as a stone statue of a Confederate general was hoisted by a crane and removed from a pedestal...

Indictment: White supremacists were rewarded for violence

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TAMPA, Fla. — A white supremacist group rewarded members with tattoo “patches" for committing acts of violence, including assaulting peaceful demonstrators at a racial...

A year after outbreak, Latinos still reeling, but optimistic

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PHOENIX — Latinos in the U.S. were hard hit by the pandemic both financially and personally, but many feel generally optimistic that the worst...