Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
Journal’s ‘appalling’ racism podcast, tweet prompt outcry
A prominent medical journal’s provocative tweet was meant to prompt interest in a podcast on racism. Instead, the Twitter post and the podcast stoked...
Amanda Gorman says she was racially profiled near her home
NEW YORK — Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who captured hearts at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, posted to social media that she...
Larson settled in at Hendrick one month into new job
LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson was out of NASCAR long enough to wonder if he'd still feel comfortable in a Cup car. He raced...
Pentagon report cites threat of extremism in military
WASHINGTON — Domestic extremist groups pose a serious threat to the military by seeking to recruit service members into their ranks and, in some...
French government dissolves anti-migrant group
PARIS — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the dissolution of the anti-migrant group Generation Identity during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, saying the group...
In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down unwanted Confederate...
Mercedes unveils car for Hamilton’s record-breaking F1 bid
BRACKLEY, England — Mercedes has unveiled the car Lewis Hamilton will drive this season while trying to win an unprecedented eighth Formula One title.
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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...
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...
