Tag: Social issues
English soccer to unite in 4-day social media boycott
<p>LONDON — English soccer is uniting to boycott social media for four days in response to relentless online abuse of players.</p>
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Virginia tenants fear they’ll be displaced by Amazon workers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Southern Towers apartment complex is a census tract unto itself, with more than 2,600 units, and a huge bastion of...
2 to stand trial for making exploding drones in Mexico
<p>MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said Saturday that two men have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly making explosive-laden drones of the...
Black customer ejected from supermarket after slur complaint
BERLIN — German supermarket chain ALDI has apologized after a Black customer who had complained about another shopper's racist slur was ejected from a...
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been...
Indiana prosecutor facing criticism after FedEx shooting
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana prosecutor is facing mounting criticism for declining to pursue court hearings that could have prevented a man from accessing the...
Black neighborhoods in Kansas hard hit by property tax sales
Rozetta Dotson worked two jobs to scrape together the money to pay down a delinquent tax debt on the Kansas City, Kansas, home she...
After COVID relief bill, progressives look for next big win
<p>ATLANTA — Activist Jan Rivers stood surrounded by “JOBS NOW” signs as she tried to round up support for a massive infrastructure and climate...
Amy Coney Barrett, husband sell their longtime Indiana home
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and her husband have sold their northern Indiana home to a University of...
March for policing reform planned in downtown Chicago
<p>CHICAGO — People plan to protest Saturday in downtown Chicago to call for changes in the city's policing. </p>
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