Tag: Discrimination
‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’
<p>NEW YORK — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves...
NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — Nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance...
Appellate court arguments set for Charleston church shooter
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for the man sentenced to federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina...
Shooter at Kansas Jewish centers appeals death sentence
LIBERTY, Mo. — An avowed anti-Semite who shot three people to death at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites in 2014 is asking the...
‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’
NEW YORK — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves...
NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark
ALBANY, N.Y. — Nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance...
Appellate court arguments set for Charleston church shooter
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for the man sentenced to federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina...
Mother of Black student says teacher made racist rant
<p>PALMDALE, Calif. — The mother of a Black 12-year-old boy is seeking damages against a Southern California school district after her son's teacher went...
Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism
<p>Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black...
Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve’
<p>America’s Black politicians have a long history of calling out the nation’s racism. But few have taken to poetry and written that their city...