racism
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PublishedJuly 3, 2024
She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.
Days before, Jill Collen Jefferson had met with Justice Department investigators from Washington. She hoped to turn their attention to this small-town police force, whose new Black police chief, Charles Henderson, was accused of continuing racist and discriminatory practices of the White commander he replaced.
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PublishedJune 29, 2024
Opinion: We all lost when MLB excluded Black players
Watching Negro League players get their long-overdue recognition brought up memories for a rookie who, on one glorious afternoon in Puerto Rico, got to mix it up with baseball's best.
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PublishedJune 7, 2024
New account rekindles allegations Donald Trump disrespected Black people on ‘The Apprentice’
Fresh allegations are surfacing about Trump's disrespectful behavior toward Black people inside the Manhattan skyscraper that launched his show and political career.
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PublishedMay 31, 2024
Merrill Lynch agrees to pay nearly $20 million to settle class action racial discrimination lawsuit
The lawsuit alleges that African American advisers received less compensation and fewer promotions than their white counterparts.
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PublishedMay 31, 2024
Lucasfilm head says women in ‘Star Wars’ ‘struggle’ due to ‘male dominated’ fandom
New series 'The Acolyte' has already come under fire from certain corners of the internet for its increased focus on the inclusion of women and people of color.
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PublishedMay 28, 2024
Former worker accuses Puritan Medical Products of ‘heinous racism’ in federal lawsuit
Dupreme Ammonds, of Hartland, alleges managers at the Pittsfield swab-making facility did not address complaints about racial harassment and civil rights violations he faced over 14 months at the company.
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PublishedMay 8, 2024
Sister of Portland man convicted of manslaughter says she gave false testimony against him
Chelsey Cardilli’s claim that her brother, Mark Cardilli Jr., made racist statements weren’t key to his conviction in the 2019 death of her boyfriend, Isahak Muse, but they did fuel tensions in the case.
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Former ‘Racist Sandwich’ co-host talks podcasting, teaching at Bowdoin and eating in Maine
Zahir Janmohamed, a visiting Bowdoin professor and co-founder of the acclaimed 'Racist Sandwich' podcast, asks difficult questions about race, gender and class – and how food relates to them all.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2024
How ‘Promise’ unfolds: Amid racial tensions, teenage friendships fray in a small Maine town
Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths' debut novel, set in 1957, is at once heartbreaking and hopeful.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Wales’ first Black leader is a testament to Britain’s political diversity, but racism persists
For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man.
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