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Miami Heat Anthem Singer Takes a Knee
By Latifah Muhammad—Oct 22, 2016 Denasia Lawrence turned her national anthem performance into a social statement that went viral. As the social worker stepped onto the court ahead of a game between the Mimi Heat and Philadelphia 76ers Friday (Oct. 21), she opened her...
Investigation Finds Vermont School Board Has No Racist Conduct, But A Culture of ‘Pervasive Racism’
By Molly Walsh—Aug 10, 2016 Three Burlington School District administrators made a formal complaint about discrimination and harassment on the job, prompting the school board to take steps to respond Tuesday night. The board voted unanimously to adopt a one-year plan...
Who Exactly Qualifies as a “Bad Hombre”?
By Domingo Martinez—Oct 21, 2016 During Wednesday's debate, Donald Trump used the phrase "bad hombres." That got our commentator Domingo Martinez thinking. Who exactly is a bad hombre? ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Donald Trump had a few memorable lines in this week's...
Teacher’s Anti-Asian Comment Part of a Personal Pattern
By Michael D. Clark—Oct 18, 2016 The Butler County teacher accused of making a racist comment to a student has also been cited for other remarks, according to records exclusively obtained Tuesday by the Journal-News. Butler Tech teacher Katherine Klimach is suspended...
Tolerance is for Cowards
By Thomas Gryta—Sep 29, 2016 When AT&T Inc.’s Chief Executive Randall Stephenson took the stage last week to talk to hundreds of employees, he didn’t give the usual corporate pep talk. Instead, the 56-year-old Oklahoma native talked, often in personal terms, about...
FBI: Plot to Bomb Mosque in Kansas Foiled
By Ali Younes—Oct 15, 2016 US federal authorities have announced the arrest of three men charged with attempting to set off a bomb in northwest Kansas. Tom Beall, acting US attorney, announced on Friday that the Kansas men were charged in a domestic terrorism plot to...