Tag: bias

Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. The court’s conservative majority said in a 6-3 decision that the Republican-controlled state legislature did nothing wrong during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nancy Mace‘s hold on the […]

Man accused of bias crime after downtown Portland dog attack

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man faces assault and bias crime charges after authorities say he ordered his dog to attack a Black man after calling the victim racial slurs earlier this month. Police say 29-year-old Zachary T. Hay was booked at the Multnomah County Detention Center on two counts of assault in the second […]

Maddow Blog | In a second term, Trump intends to address ‘a bias against white’

It was about a month ago when Axios reported that in a prospective second term for Donald Trump, his team intends to “dramatically change the government’s interpretation of Civil Rights-era laws to focus on ‘anti-white racism’ rather than discrimination against people of color.” Asked for comment, the Republican’s campaign didn’t exactly deny its interest in […]

Senior NPR editor resigns after accusing outlet of liberal bias

An editor for National Public Radio resigned Wednesday just days after he inflamed the ongoing culture war about mainstream media with an essay about what he considers the news outlet’s liberal leanings. Uri Berliner, who was a senior business editor, wrote an essay for the right-leaning online publication The Free Press in which he said […]

Wisconsin Republicans allege anti-GOP bias in latest election challenge

Wisconsin Republicans have hit the state election commission with complaints alleging that officials in the state’s two largest cities illegally rejected Republican applicants for poll worker positions for the primary election. The complaints, filed by the Milwaukee county Republican party and Dane county Republican party, claim officials in Milwaukee and Madison violated state law by […]

South Carolina voting map faulted for racial bias by court revived for 2024

By John Kruzel (Reuters) – A federal court that previously threw out a Republican-drawn South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided on Thursday that it can be used in this year’s congressional elections, a ruling that could undercut Democratic chances of winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives. The federal three-judge […]

GOP Bill Would Let AZ College Students to Appeal Grades Based on Political Bias

This article was originally published in Arizona Mirror. A Republican state senator wants to give students at Arizona’s public universities a new way to challenge grades that they believe were handed down due to a professor’s political bias. Sen. Anthony Kern, of Glendale, who has previously described himself as “not a university guy,” has taken […]