An after-school game took a troubling turn last Tuesday at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy in Alexandria. Mom Kathryn Kelley says a group of white students allegedly told her fifth-grade son, who is half Asian, that he couldn’t sit with them. “[They were] saying that mixed race kids had to sit at a table that was […]
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Virginia mom says white students told her Asian American son to sit at ‘segregated’ table
An after-school game took a troubling turn last Tuesday at Lyles Crouch Traditional Academy in Alexandria. Mom Kathryn Kelley says a group of white students allegedly told her fifth-grade son, who is half Asian, that he couldn’t sit with them. “[They were] saying that mixed race kids had to sit at a table that was […]
Can Chicago’s mayor tackle environmental racism in one of the most segregated US cities?
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 […]
New York phasing out segregated work programs for disabled people, pushing agencies to move to integrated, full-wage programs
Apr. 20—ALBANY — In New York state, it is legal to pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage in programs once known as “sheltered workshops,” but the system is slowly being phased out, and it’s facing criticism from some elected officials who want to see sub-minimum wage pay completely eliminated. For years, officials with […]