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Hawaii Police Officer Who Alleged Racial Discrimination by Chief Settles for $350K, Agrees to Retire
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Court Upholds Milwaukee Police Officer’s Firing for Posting Racist Memes After Sterling Brown Arrest
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled ...
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Congressman Praises Heckling of War Protesters, Including 1 Who Made Monkey Gestures at Black Woman
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University ...
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Sheetz accused of racial discrimination in its hiring process
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Black-led women’s running group sues Boston Marathon organizers and Newton police chief for alleged racial discrimination
By Zoe Sottile and Justin Gamble ...
Read More Utah women’s basketball team ‘troubled and shaken’ as ‘disturbing’ details of alleged racist abuse directed at players emerge
By George Ramsay and Jill Martin ...
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Land Purchases by Chinese ‘Agents’ Would Be Limited Under Georgia Bill; Democrats Say It’s Racist
A bill that would ban any ...
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US government changing how it asks about people’s race and ethnicity
By Nicole Chavez On March 28, ...
Read More Mother of Student Targeted By Alleged Racist Bullying at Southwick School Speaks Out
By Wesley Days, Photojournalist: Andrew Evans and Abigail Murillo Villacorta ...
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‘A failure’: How Washington’s cannabis program shut out Black business owners
There are no Black-owned cannabis retailers in the city of Seattle. Now there’s a push underway to change that. Author: PJ Randhawa Published: 7:48 AM PDT October 24, 2022 SEATTLE — Washington…
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Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer
By KATHY McCORMACK Updated 8:00 AM CST, October 31, 2024 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of race-motivated assault against a Black bank…
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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
October 24, 2024 11:57 AM ET By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.…
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A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism
By KEVIN McGILL Updated 4:53 PM CDT, September 24, 2024 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and…
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2 dismissed from Pennsylvania college swim team after student allegedly scratched racial slur onto another student’s body
Updated on: September 22, 2024 / 2:44 PM EDT / CBS At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania were suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur…
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Abortion Restrictions Worsen Racial Inequities in Maternal Care
Aziza Ahmed Sept. 23, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT Shifts in abortion law, with some states banning abortions altogether, have had a wide impact on maternal and child health. This generalized crisis…
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Harvard’s Black enrollment dips after US Supreme Court bars affirmative action
By Joseph Ax September 11, 2024 1:48 PM CDT The percentage of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class dropped by more than a fifth following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court…
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Black women’s groups fight bias in health care
Suzanne Potter Monday, August 19, 2024 A bill headed to the State Senate floor this week would require California to start tracking discrimination in health care. Assembly Bill 3161 asks the…
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Lawmakers, community leaders convene for Racial Equity Summit
Journey for Justice Alliance aims to secure support for anti-racist legislation by Michael Baniewicz August 21, 2024 The Journey for Justice Alliance gathered elected officials, community leaders and educators Sunday for…
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Minneapolis approves officer pay raise years after calls to defund the police
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and STEVE KARNOWSKI Updated 5:05 PM CDT, July 18, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Years after a movement to defund the Minneapolis Police Department and a severe officer shortage in the…
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