Rishi Sunak rebuked racist language used about him by a Reform UK activist and Nigel Farage faced questions about the state of his party as campaigning for the UK General Election enters its final week. Racism row rumbles on UK prime minister Rishi Sunak said he was “hurt” and “angry” after a canvasser for Mr […]
Senator Tim Scott made a wild comment suggesting that his being in contention for Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick demonstrates that we’re living in a post-racism utopia. During an interview with Ainsley Earhardt on Fox & Friends that aired Thursday, the South Carolina Republican was asked how being on the short list for Trump’s running […]
How is it that in the richest country on Earth, life expectancy has been falling? This is the question that many policymakers and consumers of news have been asking themselves of late. Between COVID-19, drugs and the consequences of obesity (including high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems), we are digging ourselves an early grave. Still, […]
I swear, every time I hear Newt Gingrich spout off, I think of the brilliant 2020 book by Isabel Wilkerson, about the eight core beliefs that uphold a caste system. The pillar of “inherent superiority vs. inherent inferiority” is the one that keeps Gingrich on TV. Conservatives have known he was full of it since […]
GRAND RAPIDS — A Lansing-based electrical contractor has agreed to pay nine former employees more than $400,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit over “rampant racism.” Six former employees sued United Electrical Contractors, 1314 N. Larch St., in federal court in 2022, although nine former workers were eventually part of lawsuit. This week they accepted the […]
The Conservative Party has accepted another £5 million (€5.8 million) from Frank Hester, the businessman accused of saying Labour’s Diane Abbott “should be shot”, new figures show. UK Electoral Commission data released on Thursday showed the payments from Mr Hester’s healthcare software firm, the Phoenix Partnership, in January, before he became embroiled in a row […]
Three Black men are suing American Airlines, claiming they were racially targeted during a flight in January when all Black male passengers were allegedly kicked off the flight due to an alleged “offensive body odor.” In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph, and Xavier Veal accused American Airlines of “blatant and egregious […]
May 28—A Black-Hispanic man has filed a civil rights complaint in federal court against Puritan Medical Products, alleging managers and coworkers at the swab maker’s Pittsfield facility racially harassed him. Dupreme Ammonds, a Hartland resident, worked for 14 months at Puritan Medical Products, which produces medical swabs used in COVID-19 test kits. Ammonds alleges that […]
On the campaign trail, Brandon Johnson often talked about the asthma he suffered growing up just west of Chicago, connecting it to industrial pollution. “For too long our communities have been seen as dumping grounds for waste and materials that no one seems to know what to do with,” the then mayoral candidate said at […]
A petition drive aimed at rescinding Kansas City Manager Brian Platt’s recent pay raise and contract extension has failed. Urban League of Greater Kansas City President Gwendolyn Grant and four other petitioners attempted to force the city council to either cancel Platt’s 16% pay raise and contract extension, or put it up for a public […]
VERONA — It was the second time in three months that community members came before the Augusta County School Board asking that something be done about racism in the school division. At the May 2 regularly scheduled meeting, Leigh Ashely Harden detailed to the board acts of racism directed at her 8-year-old son, an elementary […]
Idaho gets its fair share of flack regarding discrimination issues across the state. This year alone, three University of Idaho law students filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming they experienced hostility, racial aggression and a lack of response by the school when discrimination claims were brought to the administrator’s attention. All three students identified […]