Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
Journalists demanding more action against online harassment
NEW YORK — The Associated Press' recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and...
Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals
BOSTON — Boston’s leaders are scrambling to tamp down a series of political crises.
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French court rules discrimination behind students’ ID checks
PARIS — Overturning a lower court decision, a Paris appeals court ruled on Tuesday that discrimination was behind humiliating police identity checks on three...
Boston schools chair resigns over racially charged texts
BOSTON — The chair of the Boston School Committee resigned Monday amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the...
EXPLAINER: The Democrats’ two voting bills, explained
Denver — The Democratic Party's hopes of passing a massive overhaul of elections may have suffered a fatal blow when West Virginia Sen....
Virginia high court to hear challenges to Lee statue removal
RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia is set to hear arguments in two lawsuits that challenge Gov. Ralph Northam’s plan to take...
CMT to honor Black country music pioneer Linda Martell
NEW YORK — Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at...
Foundation of FW de Klerk denies reports on his health
JOHANNESBURG — The foundation of FW de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid president and a Nobel laureate, denied media reports Tuesday that his health...
‘I May Destroy You’ wins at British Academy TV awards
LONDON — “I May Destroy You” won two main prizes at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards, in a ceremony that rewarded TV that...
Stores enlist shoppers to stop bad behavior against workers
NEW YORK — A dozen retailers including Gap and H&M are collaborating on a campaign this fall to enlist customers to combat bad behavior...