Tag: Social issues
The US Civil Rights Trail from SC to Mississippi and more
<p>From the port where enslaved Africans entered America to the home where Medgar Evers was murdered, a new guidebook helps readers explore for themselves...
Some states to seek gun waiting periods after shootings
<p>Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through <a href="https://apnews.com/article/asian-americans-wake-of-atlanta-attacks-1731404048730b467d2b45944ad2c661">Asian American communities</a> nationwide, police say the attacker made a legal...
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89
<p>CAIRO — Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died...
Pope decries shame of racism, like ‘virus’ lurking in wait
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and only to emerge and show...
Rangers player alleges ‘vile racist abuse’ by Czech opponent
<p>Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara has accused a Slavia Prague opponent of “deliberate and premeditated” racial abuse, dismissing defender Ondřej Kúdela's denial as an “utter...
Police contacted after Ohio State’s Liddell receives threats
<p>Ohio State officials have reached out to police about threatening and insulting social media messages sophomore E.J. Liddell received following the Buckeyes' NCAA Tournament...
Brazil security law being turned on president’s critics
SAO PAULO — Protesters against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defied police in the capital Friday, a day after the latest round of arrests of...
Prosecutor: Seymour officers justified in fatal shooting
SEYMOUR, Ind. — A prosecutor has determined that the use of deadly force in the fatal police shooting of a man who pointed a...
Critics of Brazil’s president being targeted by security law
SAO PAULO — Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and...
Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women
ISTANBUL — Turkey has withdrawn from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago...