TRENTON, NJ – A new law sponsored by Assemblyman Daniel Benson (D-Mercer/Middlesex) is aimed at closing the gap when it comes to women, minorities and other populations in the fields of science, technology,…
The president of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, has conceded a more diverse group of athletes should have been used in an advertisement for a local underwear brand after…
3 Steps to Healing and Resistance in the Face of Racism Mindfulness can be an act of healing and resistance for Black, Indigenous, People of Color who confront microaggressions as…
The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is among three groups nationwide selected for a pilot initiative designed to reduce racial disparities and bias in cancer care for communities…
Today, as the nation recognizes May 5, 2021 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day, Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a proclamation declaring the same in…
CHESTERTOWN — Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the leading United States civil rights organization, is the featured speaker for the inaugural Justice…
In two separate class action complaints, filed in state and federal court, the attorneys said their clients were arrested without justification and placed in cells with other detainees who were…
At their meeting on April 27, the Yonkers City Council voted 4-3 in favor of a resolution that supports efforts in Washington DC to study Reparations proposals for African-Americans, at…
New guidance calls for Church of England to review monuments for ‘contested heritage’ and relocate or remove them The Church of England is to review thousands of monuments in churches…
Under former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge, officers tortured at least 100 Black men into confessions over two decades. DOWNTOWN — Six years after the city passed a reparations package, police…