Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
DA defends ending deals with lawyer who called office racist
The elected district attorney in Pittsburgh is defending his decision to stop offering plea deals to clients of a Black criminal defense lawyer who...
Selma-to-Montgomery march camps top list of endangered sites
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The landmark voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 didn't happen in just one day: Participants spent four nights...
13 on trial in Paris for cyberbullying, threats against teen
Thirteen people went on trial Thursday in Paris accused of cyberbullying or death threats against a teenage girl who posted online comments critical of...
Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children
News about the police killing of George Floyd was everywhere. Officials at the Berkeley, Calif., school, where Perfecta Oxholm’s son attended kindergarten last year,...
Charges after US Capitol insurrection roil far-right groups
Indictments. Infighting. Incarceration.
Former President Donald Trump’s lies about a...
For Black Voters Matter, the goal is greater community power
LaTosha Brown opened with a song.
Speaking about voting rights...
Family: Black students in Washington upset by school project
SPOKANE, Wash. — A family in Spokane, Washington, is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could segregate two Black...
‘Still on the farm’: NY State Police struggles to diversify
NEW YORK — An equal blend of black and white thread, the gray uniform worn by the New York State Police stands for the...
Top journal editor to resign in fallout over racism podcast
The embattled chief editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association is resigning amid a probe of his handling of a podcast on...
Irving dodges bottle in Boston in another ugly NBA incident
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving says banning fans who mistreat NBA players won’t solve the problem.
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