OTTUMWA, Iowa — A southeast Iowa school district failed to protect a Black student from pervasive racial harassment and now must take steps to help the student and…
Read more Iowa school district agrees to deal with racial harassmentPolice in Springfield, Missouri, are investigating after vandals spray-painted a swastika during a vandalism spree at an elementary school that is under construction SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Police in…
Read more Vandalism at Missouri elementary school includes a swastikaFARIBAULT, Minn. — A southern Minnesota school district voted Monday to accept a $1.1 million state grant meant to help curb drug use among students of color, after…
Read more Minnesota board accepts anti-drug aid for minority studentsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing the case Monday of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that’s the…
Read more Supreme Court taking up clash of religion and gay rightsJACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors pleaded guilty to a hate crime in federal court,…
Read more Man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for cross burningHAVANA — Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations warned Friday could further limit free expression and snuff out protests at…
Read more Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal codeTwitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. It is the second time this year that Ye…
Read more Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika postSheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building’s co-op board calling her Diwali decoration “offensive” and demanding she take it down. “My…
Read more Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by HitlerSheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building’s co-op board calling her Diwali decoration “offensive” and demanding she take it down. “My…
Read more Asian faiths try to save sacred swastika corrupted by HitlerSheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building’s co-op board calling her Diwali decoration “offensive” and demanding she take it down. “My…
Read more Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by HitlerNEW YORK — Social media posts about attacking a synagogue represented a real danger to the city’s Jewish community, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. “This was not an…
Read more 2 arrested after Twitter threats to ‘shoot up a synagogue’NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving apologized Sunday morning to anyone who felt threatened or hurt when he posted a link to a documentary with antisemitic material, clearing the…
Read more Irving rejoins Nets, seeks to keep focus on basketballUNITED NATIONS — A key U.N. committee took a first step Friday toward negotiating a treaty on crimes against humanity, which can be committed at any time, not…
Read more UN committee takes step to treaty on crimes against humanityMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two high schools in Alabama’s capital, a hub of the civil rights movement, will no longer bear the names of Confederate leaders. The Montgomery County…
Read more Alabama’s capital removes Confederate names from 2 schoolsLEXINGTON, Ky. — A white University of Kentucky student accused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slurs has been permanently banned from the…
Read more Ex-student accused in racist attack banned from campusLEXINGTON, Ky. — A white University of Kentucky student is accused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slurs, officials said. The student was…
Read more U. of Kentucky student accused of assault, racial slursATLANTA — One candidate in Georgia’s Senate contest warns that “spiritual warfare” has entangled America and offers himself to voters as a “warrior for God.” But it isn’t…
Read more Walker, Warnock offer clashing religious messages in GeorgiaNike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving and canceled its plans to release his next signature shoe, the latest chapter in the ongoing fallout since the Brooklyn…
Read more Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism falloutNike has suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving and canceled its plans to release his next signature shoe, the latest chapter in the ongoing fallout since the Brooklyn…
Read more Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism falloutPARIS — A Black lawmaker in France said Friday he was “deeply hurt” by a racist remark a far-right member of the French parliament made during a legislative…
Read more Racist incident in French parliament triggers condemnation
