According to a Pennsylvania attorney, at least 80 African-American employees of American Airlines have been subjected to racial discrimination....
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Authorities say Sandra Bland died by suicide in a jail cell, Bland’s family suspects foul play
Twenty-eight-year old Sandra Bland was found dead Monday in a Waller County, Texas jail cell....
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Ethiopian LGBT Activist Banned by Facebook Under Real Name Policy
Facebook does not allow the use of fake names, even when pseudonyms are necessary to shield their owners from violence...
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South Sudanese Model Rips ‘Racist’ Fashion Industry
Nykhor Paul’s cup runneth over with regard to how dark-brown models are treated....
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Google Apologizes For Tagging Photos Of Black People As ‘Gorillas’
When Jacky Alciné checked his Google Photos app earlier this week, he noticed it labeled photos of himself and a friend, both black, as “gorillas.”...
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Gary Younge: Farewell to America
After 12 years in the US, Gary Younge is preparing to depart – as the country’s racial frictions seem certain to spark another summer of conflict...
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KKK planning rally at SC Statehouse to protest Confederate flag removal
chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has been approved to hold a protest rally at the South Carolina Statehouse next month, according to a Politico report....
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Report: Autopsy finds ‘high-energy injury’ in Gray’s death
BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical examiner found that a young black man suffered a “high-energy injury,” most likely caused when the Baltimore police van he was riding in suddenly slowed down, according to an...
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New York City to Pay $6.25 Million to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years for 1989 Murder
Jonathan Fleming had proof that he was vacationing at Disney World in Florida when his friend was shot to death in Brooklyn....
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Charleston Church Shooter Is Arrested In North Carolina
Police have described the attack as a “hate crime” and the suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, 21, was arrested during a traffic stop in North Carolina....
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Deadline for Legal Status Passes in Dominican Republic; What Happens to Haitian Families?
Will the government go through with its threatened deportation of Dominican residents of Haitian descent?...
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Why The Charleston Church Shooting Is An Act Of Terrorism
Why Recognizing The Charleston Church Shooting As An Act Of Racially Motivated Terrorism Is Only The First Step...
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Judge Supports Murder Charges Against Police Officers In Tamir Rice Case
A judge has supported murder charges against the police officers set to stand trial for the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, NBC News reports....
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Here’s Everything We Know About the Pool Party in Texas
The nation has been shocked to see a viral video of black teenagers being chased and slammed into the ground by a white policeman after a pool party in McKinney, Texas....
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North Carolina Put On Lawsuit Notice Over Declining Voter Registration
WASHINGTON — A slate of civil rights groups put North Carolina on notice Monday, writing in a pre-litigation letter that the state must meet its voter registration obligations or risk a lawsuit....
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Study: Black Teachers are Just as Likely as White Teachers to Disproportionately Punish Black Students
Implicit bias makes teachers of all races more likely to punish black students than white students for the same misbehavior, according to a new Stanford University study, the Huffington Post reports....
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Whites are moving back into Detroit as blacks leave
DETROIT (AP) — Whites are moving back to the American city that came to epitomize white flight, even as blacks continue to leave for the suburbs and the city’s overall population shrinks....
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Being Black in Thailand: We’re Treated Better Than Africans, and Boy Do We Hate It
Black expats in Thailand and Australia describe the guilt they feel living fairly privileged lives in comparison with the discrimination that African immigrants and Aborigines face....
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Ken Burns charges Wash. U grads to work towards eradicating racism
Filmmaker and historian Ken Burns challenged the graduates of Washington University to get about the business righting the wrongs of America – racism and discriminatory practices against African Americans in particular – during his...
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Grand Jury Indicts Six Officers In Freddie Gray Case
A grand jury has indicted six Baltimore officers on a range of charges after State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby presented her department’s investigation into the death of Freddie Gray....
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4 Big Things Google Is Doing To Improve Diversity In Silicon Valley
After executives were slammed last year over low diversity numbers, Google is stepping up to help make Silicon Valley less homogenous and spread the wealth in one of the best paid industries in the...
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