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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit last Thursday against the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Clarksville, Tenn., which is is accused of violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act by openly discriminating against its Black employees.
On Wednesday, the US Department of Education announced changes amounting to a full overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which grants loan forgiveness to people who work at non-profits or in the public sector once they've made payments for10 years—or at least that's what it's supposed to do.
A recent study by Dr. Paula Braveman has found that disparities in preterm birth rates between Black and white women in the U.S. are directly or indirectly attributed to racism
As a part of its advocacy on behalf of Johnson, Missourians for Alternatives To The Death Penalty also noted that despite the Supreme Court precedent, there are many people who would qualify for reprieve based on intellectual disability but are still executed.
As union president, Mullins represents approximately 13,000 current and former NYPD sergeants. NBC News reported it is the fifth-largest police union in the country. Additional information provided indicated the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York was also involved in the raid.
Owen Diaz said while he worked at Telsa, his co-workers taunted him with racial slurs, racial graffiti and suggestions that he "go back to Africa." A jury awarded Diaz $130 million in punitive damages and $6.9 million for emotional distress.
A TikTok video went viral this week that shows a young black man being berated by an Asian man in a college dorm room.
An August analysis from Morning Consult found that 10 percent of Americans did not have a checking or savings account. Another 24 percent of Americans are considered underbanked, that is they have a checking or savings account but have needed to use an alternative financial method in the prior year. The Morning Consult poll found that Black Americans make up 15 percent of both underbanked and unbanked individuals.
Media Justice is one of several organizations participating in a mass log out of Facebook on November 10, driving home the message that the social media giant needs to take heed of valid concerns raised over the platform’s governance.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the Kenneth Ross Jr. Decertification Act of 2021, a measure that provides "a pathway for revoking the licenses of law enforcement officers who commit serious misconduct, even if it does not rise to the level of criminal charges