Tag: Racism

Barnard College receives ‘violently racist’ robocalls on Christmas about Tessa Majors

Zach Halaschak · December 28, 2019 5:44 pm

Cable television and radio personality Don Imus appears on his last "Imus in the Morning" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York Friday, May 29, 2015. This was the final broadcast on Fox Business Network, where he has appeared since 2009. The Imus show is nationally simulcast on radio on Cumulus Media Networks.

‘Good riddance’: Don Imus death prompts backlash on social media

Zach Halaschak · December 28, 2019 12:22 am

This undated file photo provided by the Polk County (Iowa) Jail shows Nicole Marie Poole Franklin. Clive, Iowa police on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, charged Franklin, of Des Moines with attempted murder.

Iowa woman behind racist hit-and-run accused of trying to run over black child

Tim Pearce · December 24, 2019 7:22 pm

This undated file photo provided by the Polk County (Iowa) Jail shows Nicole Marie Poole Franklin. Clive, Iowa police on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, charged Franklin, of Des Moines with attempted murder.

Woman who said she ran over teenager because ‘she was Mexican’ charged with hate crime in separate incident

Tim Pearce · December 24, 2019 12:08 am

Iowa woman tells police she ran over 14-year-old because she ‘was a Mexican’

Madison Dibble · December 21, 2019 9:58 pm

The Rev. Al Sharpton, activist and founder of the National Action Network, looks on before speeches from top Democratic presidential candidates on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Atlanta. Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer, all presidential hopefuls, spoke at the breakfast event hosted by the National Action Network. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris)

Beltway Confidential

Member of Al Sharpton organization defends Jersey City official who said Jews had it coming

Becket Adams · December 19, 2019 6:45 pm

Orthodox Jewish women mourn during the funeral service of Mindel Ferencz who was killed in a kosher supermarket that was the site of a gun battle in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019.

UPDATED: New Jersey governor calls for elected official to resign following anti-Semitic screed about market shooting

Mike Brest · December 18, 2019 4:19 pm

Emergency responders work at a kosher supermarket, the site of shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. The mayor of a New Jersey city says gunmen targeted the kosher market during a shooting that killed six people Tuesday.

NJ elected official wonders if anti-Semitic shooting was justified over treatment of black Americans

Mike Brest · December 17, 2019 4:49 pm

Beltway Confidential

Do charter school leaders still believe in education?

Max Eden · December 16, 2019 11:00 am

American comedian Jay Leno pauses during an interview with the Associated Press in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Leno made his first trip to Israel, where he will host an award ceremony honoring former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Asian American groups call on NBC to sever ties with Jay Leno after ‘eating dogs’ joke

Mike Brest · December 14, 2019 7:23 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during his ruling Conservative Partyâs final election campaign rally at the Copper Box Arena in London, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12.

Former Hillary Clinton aide blames ‘unadulterated racism and xenophobia’ for Boris Johnson victory

Zach Halaschak · December 13, 2019 12:48 am

Squad members, from left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

Rashida Tlaib only member of ‘Squad’ to weigh in on New Jersey shooting

Dominick Mastrangelo · December 12, 2019 5:20 pm