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A shopping trip to children’s clothing store The Children Place at the Capital City Mall in Camp Hill, Pa., turned ugly for Miriam Alejandro and her sister Carlita Alejandro last Thursday, when a simple request purportedly resulted in a standoff with an insulting sales associate. Miriam, who documented a portion of…

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Well, we guess Mrs. America CEO and co-founder David Marmel won’t be voted Mr. Congeniality anytime soon.

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As children returned to school this fall, new teachers and classmates weren’t the only things that greeted some students. More than one story surfaced of children being turned away, or sent home from school, because of culturally-specific hairstyles like braids or dreadlocks. One such child was six-year-old Clinton…

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When it comes to finding low-maintenance hairstyles for our children that are school-appropriate, it’s beginning to seem we’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Last week, a video of a first-grader in Florida being turned away from his first day of school because of his dreadlocks sparked viral outrage and…

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  A Black employee at Vivint Solar is suing the Utah-based company for racial harassment after a manager allegedly hurled racial slurs against him and built a “White only” clubhouse, reports The Sacramento Bee. On Monday, Teshawn Solomon filed a lawsuit against Vivint Solar, a smart home technology provider, for racial harassment and discrimination. Solomon, who is […]

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The Republican Party policies of financial deregulation and rollback of civil rights enforcement have come […]

Posted by Tshyrad Oates on Monday, April 16, 2018 Days after Starbucks was thrust into […]

On a Sunday, April 1 Instagram Live stream, rapper Cardi B broke down the racism […]

The leader of a Nashville nonprofit resigned amid allegations he repeatedly sexually harassed a Black […]

A former Atlanta Hawks employee is claiming that a Black director created a culture at […]

Four Little Rock officers are suing the city over claims of race and age-based discrimination, […]

Former students of Georgia’s Pike County Consolidated High School Class of 1969 received their diplomas almost […]

T.I. has lifted the boycott on Houston’s restaurant after meeting with leaders of the establishment.  […]

In society, privilege is everywhere in terms of wealth and race. Yet those who are […]

The NAACP and three others are suing the city of Myrtle Beach and the local […]

Lincoln High School girls varsity basketball team will play the remaining of the season without their […]

Ten years after offering a public apology for the decades of institutional racism and abuse […]

Rapper Joey Badass shared with his Twitter followers a very unpleasant experience with American Airlines.  […]

In discrimination lawsuit, Timothy Degrate says he endured workplace harassment for six years

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PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. judge has permanently blocked an ethnic studies ban in Arizona […]

Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Masterpiece Cakeshop […]

A woman is taking Banana Republic to court after she says a store manager deemed […]

The former police chief, who assaulted and used a racial slur against a suspect, has been charged with a hate crime.

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The NAACP has issued a travel advisory against American Airlines following a series of alleged […]

Denny's has fired some of its employees at a Washington restaurant after a racist incident allegedly took place there on Wednesday.

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A Cornell University fraternity closed its chapter indefinitely after some of its members were allegedly involved in a racially-charged attack.

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Jourdan Dunn has suggested in a Tweet that a London club was racist when they denied entry to her brother.

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According to an independent study, Black people in the United Kingdom are more likely to be in prison than those in the United States.

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In Virginia, emotions are running hot. Following the death of one and the injuring of […]

A Black staffer in Goldman Sachs’ personal wealth management division is suing the mega bank […]

National delegates for the NAACP voted Wednesday, July 28, to move forward with a travel […]

Customers of The Spot Bar & Grill in Roseville, Mich., claim the restaurant charges Black […]

The new personal assistant selected to serve as one of Queen Elizabeth’s most-trusted aides also […]