Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
Indiana official apologizes for blackface Halloween costume
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana City Council member and police officer has apologized after photos recently surfaced of him in blackface nearly 20...
Professor in Michigan fired after racist, homophobic tweets
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — A science professor at a university in central Michigan who claimed sinister forces were targeting him and breaking into his...
Oregon high court affirms juries can acquit in split votes
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court, ruling before the start of a murder case, has upheld that a defendant can be acquitted by...
City where Trayvon Martin died seeks racial injustice reform
SANFORD, Fla. — Commissioners in the city where Black teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer nine years ago Friday have...
US women’s team players to stop kneeling during anthem
Players for the U.S. women's national team have decided to move on from kneeling during the anthem and instead focus on behind-the-scenes work to...
US women’s team players to stop kneeling during anthem
Players for the U.S. women's national team have decided to move on from kneeling during the anthem and instead focus on behind-the-scenes work to...
German police charged over Nazi chats, possessing explosives
BERLIN — Prosecutors in Germany have accused two brothers who worked as police officers in the central state of Hesse of spreading racist views...
Group asks justices to ban use of race in college admissions
WASHINGTON — A group claiming Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants is asking the Supreme Court to ban the consideration of race in college...
New lawsuit revives discrimination allegation against Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An organization that alleges Yale University discriminates against Asian-American and white applicants filed a federal lawsuit against the school on...
‘Reply All’ podcast paused amid charges of toxic behavior
The popular “Reply All” podcast has been put on hiatus and is canceling two remaining episodes of a series that explored allegations of structural...