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Protesters outside City Hall call for the resignations of LA City Council members Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo on Wednesday.

What the city council scandal reveals about LA's racial divides — and solidarity

5:03pm October 14, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The leaked LA City Council recording underscores long-simmering racial tensions. But the city also has a history of Black-Latino partnership, which activists hope to build on in the wake of scandal.

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Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia and her husband Nicholas Nicosia, pictured at their press conference in Rochester, NY, on Tuesday. The two deny allegations of racism and now blame "cancel culture" for the backlash they have faced after throwing an allegedly bigote

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A Rochester couple denied allegations of racism. Then came a confession

9:39pm August 27, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

At a press conference, Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia and Nicholas Nicosia defended themselves against "false claims of racism." Then, she confessed she runs a "blatantly racist" Twitter account.

Oakland City Hall is bathed in red light in a memorial to the people who have died from COVID-19 throughout the country in Oakland, Calif. in January 2021.

Oakland, Calif. declares racism a public health crisis

3:54pm June 13, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Oakland City Council votes without opposition to declare the public health crisis and sets aside up to $350,000 for consulting and a data analyst.

Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s.

Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon

4:07pm November 30, 2021

by Eleanor Beardsley

The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.

A memorial to missing and murdered Indigenous women is set up in St. Paul, Minn.

National

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

4:02pm September 21, 2021

by Kamila Kudelska

Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.

Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

National

Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

8:50am July 11, 2021

by Sarah Kate Kramer

One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

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Rally Calls For Coordinated Fight Against Poverty, Racism

3:40pm June 21, 2021

by Associated Press

The Rev. William Barber II called Monday for members of Congress and legislative leaders around the country to commit to fighting poverty and systemic racism.

Generally, more education leads to longer and healthier lives — unless you are a Black man in America. Among the contributing factors is the isolation Black men often feel as they rise economically, says Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the sch

Health & Safety

Education Usually Improves Health. But Racism Sabotages Benefits For Black Men

3:46pm May 18, 2021

by Virginia Anderson

For most people, more education leads to healthier and longer lives. Not so for Black men. Racism's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood, researchers say.

Tareq Alaows stands in front of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, in Berlin. Alaows came to Germany as an asylum-seeker from Syria in 2015. He launched a campaign to run in Germany's federal election in September for the Green Party but recently withdr

World News

Germany Grapples With Racism After Threats Derail Refugee's Candidacy For Parliament

6:00pm April 21, 2021

by Esme Nicholson

A Syrian refugee in Germany withdrew his bid for parliament over racist threats last month. The news came in the same week that a German comedian appeared on TV in blackface.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, seen last week at FEMA mass vaccination site in Boston, said Thursday that the CDC is taking steps to address the impact of racism on public health.

CDC Director Declares Racism A 'Serious Public Health Threat'

6:41pm April 08, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

"The pandemic illuminated inequities that have existed for generations and revealed for all of America a known, but often unaddressed, epidemic impacting public health: racism," Walensky said.