Tag: Race and ethnicity
San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...
Jill Biden to visit Utah school as US moves toward reopening
SALT LAKE CITY — First lady Jill Biden plans to speak at a Salt Lake City school Wednesday as the U.S. makes uneven progress...
San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...
Jens Lehmann off German club’s board in racism dispute
BERLIN — Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was removed from Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin's supervisory board on Wednesday after sending a message to a...
Jill Biden to visit Utah school as US moves toward reopening
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — First lady Jill Biden plans to speak at a Salt Lake City school Wednesday as the U.S. makes uneven progress...
NYC schools rename Columbus Day to fete Italians, Indigenous
NEW YORK — In a possibly futile effort to please both Italian Americans who celebrate Christopher Columbus and racial justice advocates who accuse him...
Jens Lehmann off German club’s board in racism dispute
<p>BERLIN — Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was removed from Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin's supervisory board on Wednesday after sending a message to a...
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
NYC schools rename Columbus Day to fete Italians, Indigenous
<p>NEW YORK — In a possibly futile effort to please both Italian Americans who celebrate Christopher Columbus and racial justice advocates who accuse him...
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a...