Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, still toting the damage
TULSA, Okla. — On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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High court won’t hear case of Ohio driver killed by police
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot...
Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd's death under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee severely tarnished Minnesota's reputation as a progressive state on matters of race....
Black man’s death in Mississippi: Lynching or suicide?
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. — On the night of Feb. 8, 2018, Willie Andrew Jones Jr. and Alexis Rankin argued in the car on the...
Man leaves feces, hurls remarks outside Florida synagogue
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A man yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi in front of a South Florida synagogue. He returned and dumped a...
Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance
NEW YORK — Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her...
Jewish man reports assault with slur in Germany’s capital
FRANKFURT, Germany — Police in Germany say they are investigating a Jewish man's report of being punched in the face and abused with antisemitic...
AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
A year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of...
Police say antisemitic attacks in Los Angeles may be related
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are investigating a potential link between two antisemitic attacks this week in a heavily Jewish neighborhood of the...
Biden to host George Floyd’s family at White House
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host George Floyd’s family at the White House Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of his death at...