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Choptank, a soon-to-open Baltimore restaurant came under fire for discrimination after a photo of their dress code posted outside their building went viral. They have since revised their dress code, which prohibited styles frequently worn by Black people. “Excessively baggy clothing,” pants worn low, shorts that hang below the knees,…
Kyle R. Canning, a judge in the rural upstate town of Altona, New York has resigned after posting an image of a noose on his Facebook page with the text, “IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE EVIL PEOPLE FEAR PUNISHMENT AGAIN.” In January…
Human rights and religious freedom are at odds in another court case. In a narrow Sept. 16 vote, the Arizona Supreme Court allowed for an exemption of Phoenix’s human rights ordinance that will allow wedding businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples. The 4–3 vote in Brush & Nib v….
Contractors with white ancestry earned $311,000 two years ago — as a minority-owned company, the Los Angeles Times reports. When the St. Louis, Missouri mayor announced the contract the town made with a Native American-owned company to demolish an old shoe factory, the community welcomed it. The area was still…
The Women’s March has cut ties with three founding board members — Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and Mari Lynn “Bob” Bland — whose reputations have been tainted with claims of anti-Semitism. A press release announces the departure of the three board members and the appointment of 17 new members. It does…
Harvard University has publicly acknowledged accepting multi-million-dollar donations from the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 1998 to 2007. Harvard president Lawrence Bacow has condemned Epstein’s actions and said the donations are under review. Epstein pleaded guilty to sex charges in 2008, and the university rejected a proposed gift after…
Charles Anderson, the Michigan police officer found to have KKK memorabilia in his home, has been fired following a disciplinary hearing within the Muskegon Police Department. Last month, Anderson was outed when a couple, the Mathises, toured his home that was for sale. After seeing the framed KKK document, “Knights…
A new University of Los Angeles (UCLA) analysis of data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found discrimination leads transgender individuals to contemplate and attempt suicide at high rates. The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey by the National Center of Transgender Equality included responses from 27,715 transgender people from all 50…
The Harvard Business Review (HBR) conducted a study that found even seemingly “inclusive” workplaces still leave women of color in interdependent work environments feeling isolated. The idea from the study, HBR said, came out of an episode of HBR’s “Women at Work” podcast, which discussed forging “sisterhood” relationships at work…
Philadelphia’s acting police commissioner Christine M. Coulter apologized this week for allegedly unknowingly wearing a Los Angeles Police Department T-shirt that alluded to the 1991 beating of Rodney King. “L.A.P.D. ‘We Treat You Like A King,’” the shirt reads. The photograph of Coulter wearing the shirt is from the ’90s,…
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