NEW YORK — As Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week, he stood inside a Manhattan courthouse that was […]
Tag: Race and ethnicity
Florida sheriff’s office fires deputy who fatally shot Black airman at home
A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground. […]
Statue unveiled at the site where Sojourner Truth gave her 1851 ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ speech
AKRON, Ohio — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very […]
Republican blocks confirmation of first Native American federal judge for Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. — A Republican lawmaker from Montana blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been the state’s first Native American federal district […]
Charges reduced against 3 facing prosecution in man’s death during admission to psychiatric hosptial
RICHMOND, Va. — Second-degree murder charges against two sheriff’s deputies and a hospital worker have been reduced to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a […]
South Carolina’s Supreme Court will soon have no Black justices
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the first time in nearly two decades, all the justices on South Carolina’s Supreme Court are going to be white. Diversity […]
New Hampshire’s limits on teaching on race and gender are unconstitutional, judge says
CONCORD, N.H. — A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what teachers can say about race, gender, sexual orientation, disability […]
Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel US race and ethnicity categories don’t represent them
The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel […]
Groups claim South Florida districts are racially gerrymandered for Hispanics in lawsuit
MIAMI — Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn by the Republican-controlled Florida […]
Roughly halfway through primary season, runoffs in Texas test 2 prominent Republicans
AUSTIN, Texas — The 2024 primary season is roughly halfway over and there have been few shakeups so far, with just one U.S. House member […]