Although four of the last five Boston Marathon winners have hailed from Kenya, the race's organizers face a lawsuit declaring that it has not welcomed a diverse group of supporters during recent competitions
Dressed in a wrinkled blue suit and spotless black Vans, Tyler Laube glanced at me as he walked toward a courtroom on the ninth floor of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in downtown Santa Ana. The 27-year-old was there to hear his sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for repeatedly punching a reporter during a pro-Trump rally at Bolsa Chica State Beach in the spring of 2017. I was there to hope against hope that Laube wouldn't get a break yet again. The reporter he assaulted? Frank...
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
A student group at the University of California, Berkeley, rallied behind Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, arguing that the Jewish state bears responsibility for the Iranian attack.
Rosina Lin continues to explore color in her column "Between the Black and White" as she writes about spring's distinct flavor — sweet with a bitter undertone.
DELAWARE WATER GAP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Shattering the silence and standing up against sexual abuse, one nonprofit in the Poconos is doing that by “Taking Back the Night.” 28/22 News Reporter Sydney Kostus met with the organizers to learn more about Safe Monroe's annual event and why it’s important for people to understand its message. []
House lawmakers argue that growing consolidation in the health care sector has created vulnerabilities to cyberattacks.
The president who was supposed to bring back “civility” is instead taking cheap shots at his political opponents. The Biden White House is on the warpath against Republicans who are opposing its latest attempt to force taxpayers to absorb people’s student loan debt, calling them out for perceived hypocrisy. From White House social media channels […]
There has been a consistent 2-to-1 unemployment gap between Black and white workers for decades. Structural racism is at the heart of it..
Source: The Washington Post / Getty The renowned artist and Harlem, New York, native Faith Ringgold, who blazed a trail for Black women artists for decades, has passed away. On Saturday (April 13), the iconic artist Faith Ringgold, whose work as a multimedia artist and author left indelible impacts on other Black artists and museums, passed away at her home in Englewood, New Jersey, after a bout of failing health, according to her daughter Barbara Wallace. Ringgold was 93 years old. The news of...
Why Steven Zaillian brought a monstrous, black-and-white version of The Talented Mr. Ripley to Netflix.