Tag: Racism

"I realize that our fight is the same fight, we're all fighting for our justice, for our freedom," Kaepernick said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Colin Kaepernick attends Unthanksgiving Day event for Native Americans: ‘I realize that our fight is the same fight’

Naomi Lim · November 24, 2017 3:41 pm

Cover of the Jay Z inspired syllabus (from Issuu).

Red Alert Politics

Jay-Z-inspired syllabus praised by University of Kansas

Isaiah Denby · November 23, 2017 7:23 pm

An archway to the Stanford Union building in Palo Alto, California (AP Photo)

Stanford reboots effort to rename campus areas honoring a Catholic saint

Brendan Pringle · November 23, 2017 9:01 am

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton feels white nationalists have "made common cause with the president's agenda out of their own mouth that he is someone that they are counting on to promote it." (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

National Security

Hillary Clinton: White nationalists have made ‘common cause’ with Trump

Sarah Bedford · November 22, 2017 12:26 pm

Trump demands NFL commissioner ‘finally get tough and smart’ on anthem protests

Sarah Bedford · November 22, 2017 11:57 am

After an activist on Twitter released a Snapchat video of Marines yelling racial slurs, III Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement obtained by the Marine Corps Times: "We will thoroughly investigate the matter and take appropriate action based on the results of the investigation." (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Marines investigated for saying racial slurs in Snapchat video

Mandy Mayfield · November 21, 2017 5:50 pm

A Turning Point USA chapter wanted to be recognized at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point an official student group,
but student government officials pushed back. (screenshot)

Red Alert Politics

Conservative student group called a ‘hate speech group’ by student government officials

Devin Sena · November 21, 2017 4:48 pm

In one letter to Harvard's lawyer, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division wrote the university is "not complying" with its requirements for Title VI access. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Justice Department probing Harvard University over affirmative action policies

Kelly Cohen · November 21, 2017 4:46 pm

"Girls" showrunner Lena Dunham, who has made a name for herself amplifying the voices of women, has caught flack from other progressives after she stepped forward to defend a friend and colleague who stands accused of rape. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lena Dunham had a bad weekend

Emily Jashinsky · November 20, 2017 10:40 pm

The justices on Tuesday will consider whether to hear a case questioning if the Alabama Supreme Court failed to follow the high court's precedent prohibiting race- and gender-based discrimination in jury selection. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Supreme Court to consider Alabama petition involving death penalty, racial discrimination, and Roy Moore

Ryan Lovelace · November 20, 2017 6:32 pm

UCLA basketball players Cody Riley, Jalen Hill, and LiAngelo Ball left the Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday after the three were detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Red Alert Politics

Trump’s millennial win: Saving college students from Chinese prison

Neil Dwyer · November 18, 2017 5:01 am

Rev. Jamie Johnson, director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership at the Department of Homeland Security, stepped down Thursday. (screenshot)

DHS official resigns following report disclosing racially insensitive remarks

Diana Stancy Correll · November 17, 2017 1:09 am