Tag: Social issues
Birmingham jail logs with MLK signatures up for sale
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spent days in solitary confinement...
Racial discrimination claims against Whole Foods dismissed
BOSTON — A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by Whole Foods Market employees who alleged the supermarket...
8 minority jail officers allegedly kept off Chauvin’s guard
MINNEAPOLIS — Eight Minnesota jail guards filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging racial discrimination after they were barred from working on the floor where a...
Official apologizes to woman hit by rubber bullet in protest
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida woman who was shot in the face by a rubber bullet during a Black Lives Matter demonstration last...
‘The Bachelor’ host stepping away after racial controversy
Chris Harrison, host of “The Bachelor,” says he is stepping down from his TV role and is “ashamed” for his handling of a swirling...
American midfielder Booth on loan to Austrian’s St Pölten
American midfielder Taylor Booth went on loan Monday from Bayern Munich to Austria's St. Pölten.
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Police ‘unlawful assembly’ powers come under fire in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — As racial injustice protesters swarmed the streets of Portland, Oregon, day after day last year, a voice would come over a...
Desperation grows in battered Honduras, fueling migration
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Nory Yamileth Hernández and her three teenage children have been living in a battered tent under a bridge on...
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
KAYA, Burkina Faso — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists. But she...
