Tag: Discrimination
Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism
<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery...
Jewish group condemns ‘pure antisemitism’ in German protests
<p>BERLIN — Germany's leading Jewish group on Thursday sharply condemned protests in front of a synagogue in the western city of Gelsenkirchen as “pure...
Twin MDs battle entrenched racism in the medical world
<p>The inseparable sisters always stood out — identical twins from Twinsburg Ohio, whip-smart students from the side of town with unpaved streets and no...
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white...
Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery...
Barry Jenkins on his unflinching epic ‘Underground Railroad’
<p>LOS ANGELES — When Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins was considering adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Underground Railroad into a limited series,...
Barry Jenkins on his unflinching epic ‘Underground Railroad’
LOS ANGELES — When Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins was considering adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Underground Railroad into a limited series,...
North Carolina House approves bill to limit teaching of race
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina House Republicans approved a plan on Wednesday to prohibit public schools from embracing certain ideas that critically examine how...
North Carolina House approves bill to limit teaching of race
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina House Republicans approved a plan on Wednesday to prohibit public schools from embracing certain ideas that critically examine how...
Probe: Vermont police endangered Black state legislator
<p>BENNINGTON, Vt. — A two-year investigation into a Vermont police department has found that officers failed to adequately investigate alleged threats against former state...