Tag: Discrimination
Italian police dismantle antisemitic, racist online group
ROME — Italian police have dismantled an online group dedicated to antisemitic and racist propaganda that incited young people to carry out extreme actions,...
No mass protests after Honolulu police shoot, kill Black man
HONOLULU — Lindsay Myeni and her South African husband moved to Hawaii, where she grew up, believing it would be safer to raise their...
Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Adrián is trying to settle in to his third new city since 2016, when his wife was raped and mother...
High court asked to review men-only draft registration law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether it's sex discrimination for the government to require only men to register for...
Transgender Salvadoran killed despite long search for safety
SAN MIGUEL, El Salvador — Rejected by her family, Zashy Zuley del Cid Velásquez fled her coastal village in 2014, the first of a...
Judge considering moving ‘Unite the Right’ civil trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A federal judge is considering moving the trial in a civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the deadly 2017 Unite the...
Teen whose death sparked Chicago riot to get grave marker
CHICAGO — A Black teenager whose death along a segregated Chicago beach sparked a weeklong race riot in 1919 that left dozens of people...
England players to take a knee at Euros despite fans’ booing
LONDON — England players will take a knee at the European Championship despite fearing an adverse reaction after the anti-racism gesture was booed by...
Donations strengthen California police accountability work
Roger Brown, 33, a Black Fresno rapper and mentor, was driving home from a candlelight vigil in March when he noticed a police car...
Publisher removes Anne Frank passage from Hilderbrand novel
NEW YORK — Elin Hilderbrand has asked that a reference to Anne Frank in her new novel be taken out after numerous online readers...