By Angela F. Williams Patients with disabilities are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than their able-bodied peers. That’s a sobering statistic. And it is why public health officials … [Read more...]
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Senate Democrats Unveil New Proposal To Fully Fund Department Of Justice Programs on Discrimination, Hate Crimes and Civil Rights
New Baldwin-Mikulski-Hirono Amendment Would Boost Funding For Department Of Justice Civil Rights Division And Community Relations Service And Expand Programs Aimed At Preventing, Investigating, and … [Read more...]
Discrimination & Harassment Toward Black Workers Prevalent but Going Unreported?
By Mrinal Gokhale Yasmine Outlaw is a 21- year-old college student who worked at Beans and Barley, a Milwaukee restaurant, as a busser this past summer. After having patronized the small local … [Read more...]
Bucks’ John Henson Accepts Apology, Plans to Spread Awareness of Racial Discrimination
By Ariele Vaccaro Bucks center John Henson accepted an apology from the owner of a jewelry store where he said he was racially discriminated on Monday. The player posted to Instagram Monday … [Read more...]
NAACP joins challenge to Arizona Profiling Law
The NAACP in coalition with other civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit this week challenging Arizona’s new law requiring police to demand “papers” from people they stop who they suspect … [Read more...]