Tag: Race and ethnicity
UN rights chief: Justice at stake in trial over Floyd death
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that the U.S. trial over the killing of George Floyd presents a “crucial, defining opportunity...
Sources: Feds have no evidence yet for GA hate crime charge
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have so far not found evidence that clears the high bar for federal hate crime charges against a man who...
China ‘deeply concerned’ about anti-Asian violence in US
<p>BEIJING — China called on the U.S. to take measures to stem violence against people of Asian heritage after eight people were killed at...
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
Chicago — The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come...
Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors
Reactions to the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that left eight dead, mostly women of Asian descent:
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South Africa’s Zulu king is buried amid praise, controversy
<p>JOHANNESBURG — The traditional leader of South Africa’s 12 million Zulu people, King Goodwill Zwelithini, has been laid to rest in a private ceremony...
California officials appeal for Asian attorney general
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elected officials from California's Asian and Pacific Islander communities urged Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to appoint an attorney general of...
Curry, WNBA players receive Jackie Robinson award from NAACP
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — NBA star Stephen Curry is drawing acclaim from civil rights leaders for his work campaigning for social justice, his support of...
Asian Americans grieve, organize in wake of Atlanta attacks
Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage...
China ‘deeply concerned’ about anti-Asian violence in US
BEIJING — China called on the U.S. to take measures to stem violence against people of Asian heritage after eight people were killed at...