Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
NEW YORK — White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided...
Collaboration with police divides social workers across US
CHICAGO — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a...
Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act
DETROIT — The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, arguing the bill doubles down on reform strategies...
Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect ‘Jim Crow era’
Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose election as Georgia’s first Black senator helped hand control of the chamber to Democrats, used his first floor speech on...
Iowa City to reboot racial truth commission after infighting
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A groundbreaking effort to document and dismantle institutional racism in Iowa’s most liberal city will be paused and relaunched after...
Former TV presenter puts race on Dutch political agenda
AMSTERDAM — Sylvana Simons is campaigning for the Dutch general election on a platform of what she calls radical equality.
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White supremacists’ fake bomb threats net 3 years in prison
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A former Old Dominion University student who joined up with white supremacists in a swatting conspiracy that targeted a Black...
Johnson says comments about Capitol breach were not racist
MADISON, Wis. — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin denied Monday that he made racist comments last week when he said he...
University of the South reviewing racial insults during game
SEWANEE, Tenn. — The University of the South in Tennessee is working to identify students who leveled racial epithets at members of the visiting...
Portland leaders condemn ongoing violence by ‘anarchists’
PORTLAND, Ore. — Leaders and elected officials in Portland, Oregon, came together Monday to demand an end to violence, criminal destruction and intimidation by...
