Tag: Workplace discrimination
UK: Labour pays damages to ex-workers in anti-Semitism probe
LONDON (AP) - Britain’s opposition Labour Party has agreed to pay substantial damages to seven whistleblowers who sued for defamation after they voiced concerns...
Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike
NEW YORK (AP) - Workers from the service industry, fast-food chains and the gig economy rallied with organized labor Monday to protest systemic racism...
Protesters hit with gas as locals demand feds leave Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, Oregon, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city’s...
Nick Cannon apologizes to Jewish community for hurtful words
Nick Cannon apologized to the Jewish community late Wednesday for his “hurtful and divisive†words, a day after ViacomCBS severed ties with him for...
Jewish leaders condemn ‘hurtful’ words by Nick Cannon
The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish leaders condemned what they called “hurtful words†and anti-Semitic theories expressed by Nick Cannon on Wednesday, a day...
Up next for police defunding advocates: Win local elections
ATLANTA (AP) - Amid Americans’ national reckoning on racism, a coalition of progressive groups is forming a political action committee to back local candidates...
Thomas spoke, Roberts ruled in unusual Supreme Court term
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas spoke and Chief Justice John Roberts ruled.The Supreme Court's most unusual term featured victories for undocumented immigrants, abortion...
Hanging death of Black man in California park ruled suicide
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was...
Police: Black man’s hanging death in California was suicide
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was...
AP Exclusive: ‘Strike for Black Lives’ to highlight racism
NEW YORK (AP) - A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work...