Coach Karen Healy-Silcott said the castigating shouts began as soon as the women’s team entered Presbyterian College’s stadium. The women’s lacrosse team of Howard University says its squad was verbally assaulted with racial slurs and demeaning sexual terms at their Presbyterian College game in Clinton, South Carolina, on Friday. According […]
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The rollout of covid-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation’s efforts to address pandemic inequalities: Health systems have released little data on the racial breakdown of youth vaccinations, and community leaders fear that Black and Hispanic kids are falling behind. Only a handful of […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are investigating after racial slurs were found written in the frost on several vehicles in a Providence College parking lot Monday morning. In a letter to the school community, Providence College President Rev. Kenneth Sicard said the racial slurs were found on the windows of […]
In August, the company began using software from a startup called UnBiasIt to monitor for signs of or keywords related to racial, gender, or age bias, Telhio spokeswoman Jessica Bing told CNN Business. For instance, she said, if an email from one employee to another alluded to a “diversity hire,” […]
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Employees at Telhio Credit Union are already used to having their internal communications monitored to ensure compliance with US financial rules. But Telhio, which is based in Columbus, Ohio, and has over 250 employees, recently began watching for something else, too: indications of unconscious and […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — For almost two years, a local task force has been brainstorming about some profound challenges: how to mitigate the impacts of climate change while addressing environmental justice. The Milwaukee City-County Task Force on Climate and Economic Equity sees green jobs as central to bringing change. The group […]
FANWOOD, NJ — The Union County Prosecutor’s Office and the Fanwood Police are “gathering more information” after a Fanwood father says a man allegedly yelled racial slurs at his 11-year-old son who was riding his scooter last week. (Video of the wanted car and man are below) Authorities began to […]