• Georgetown Law Professor Published Anti-Semitic Screeds to School's Scholarly Article Database. When We Asked Questions, She Scrubbed Them.

    At Georgetown Law School, professors are encouraged to publish their academic work to the school's "Scholarly Commons," an online portal that serves as a "repository" for journal articles and other materials. This year's submissions include lengthy papers on privacy law, tort liability, and First Amendment disputes. In recent months, however, one Georgetown Law professor, Lama Abu-Odeh, has submitted "working papers" to the portal that stand out from the rest. They have no academic citations...

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    Napoli forgo 'façade' anti-racism campaign over Acerbi verdict

    Napoli have said they will refuse to participate in Serie A's 'Keep Racism Out' campaign as a result of the league and Italian football federation's decision to not punish Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi.

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    From chemistry professor to president. Meet the new leader of Monmouth College

    By BARRY MCNAMARA. Monmouth College. Patricia Draves has been named the

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    Vinícius Júnior to captain Brazil in Spain anti-racism game

    Brazil coach Dorival Júnior has chosen Vinícius Júnior to lead the team at

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    Vinícius Júnior Breaks Down In Tears Ahead Of Anti-Racism Friendly

    The Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior spoke ahead of Brazil's exhibition game against Spain, highlighting his battle against racism in soccer.

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    Alabama's anti-DEI law could spark a student-athlete backlash

    Mayor Randall Woodfin of Birmingham, Alabama, said in a February Facebook post that if Alabama’s proposed anti-DEI bill became law, “I have no problem organizing Black parents and athletes to attend other institutions outside of the state where diversity and inclusion are prioritized.” Alabama Gov. Kate Ivey signed SB 129, which bans Alabama colleges from having diversity, equity and inclusion programs or departments and instruction on “divisive concepts,” into law March 20. It remains to be...

  • Targeting the taggers: Washington anti-graffiti bill signed into law

    (The Center Square) – Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill designed to address the spread of graffiti across Washington state. House Bill 1989 will establish a pilot program designed to test innovative technologies and utilize Washington State Department of Transportation traffic cameras to deter and identify taggers. During a January public hearing on the bill, prime sponsor Rep. Andrew Barkis, R-Olympia, told fellow members of the House Transportation...

  • MSNBC Blames 'Anti-Muslim Racism' For Rejection of Biden Judicial Nominee

    President Biden nominated Adeel Mangi for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit -- the level just below the Supreme Court. But Senators Joe Manchin and Catherine Cortez Masto have announced they will not support him, and in a 51-49 Senate, it looks bad. On Saturday morning's The Weekend show on MSNBC, they came rushing to Mangi's defense. They ran a clip of Sen. Cory Booker ranting "No matter what happens to his nomination, this is [voice breaks] a great American who should be proud...

  • MSNBC Blames 'Anti-Muslim Racism' For Rejection of Biden Judicial Nominee

    President Biden nominated Adeel Mangi for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit -- the level just below the Supreme Court. But Senators Joe Manchin and Catherine Cortez Masto have announced they will not support him, and in a 51-49 Senate, it looks bad. On Saturday morning's The Weekend show on MSNBC, they came rushing to Mangi's defense. They ran a clip of Sen. Cory Booker ranting "No matter what happens to his nomination, this is [voice breaks] a great American who should be proud...

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    An Arizona lawmaker told her colleagues how the anti-abortion laws they passed affected her

    On the floor of the Arizona state Senate on Monday, Sen. Eva Burch announced that she was getting an abortion for a nonviable pregnancy. Flanked by a number of Democratic state senators, Burch spoke in detail about the how the laws passed by her colleagues had "interfered" with her ability to terminate her pregnancy. "I want to explain what I mean and why I’m still pregnant as I address all of you today, despite having known about the unavoidable demise of my pregnancy and despite having been to...

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    Dozens speak about racism in schools at rescheduled Powhatan School Board meeting

    “I've been called the N word, monkey, slave," said a Powhatan County 7th grader during the rescheduled meeting on Monday. "I've reported this every day and nothing's changed.”

  • Diane Abbott thanks supporters at anti-racism rally in east London

    Hackney MP tells large crowd ‘this is not about me, this is about the level of racism in Britain’Diane Abbott greeted large crowds of people who gathered at a rally in support of her on Friday night, telling the crowd they had to “stand firm” against racism.The rally was organised by local black women in Hackney after remarks emerged about the longstanding MP by Frank Hester, the Tories’ biggest donor, that were widely condemned as racist and misogynistic. Continue reading