Racism

Wendell Pierce, The Wire star who was arrested for physically attacking a Bernie Sanders supporter, is breaking his silence about the incident. On Saturday, Pierce was apprehended at the Atlanta Loews Hotel for allegedly pushing a woman, hitting her in the head, and ripping off her sweatshirt following a heated conversation about politics. He was […]

Part two of the series takes a hard look at the rising occurrence of "lone wolf" terrorist attacks and hate crimes.

After calling President Barack Obama "an animal" who has been trying to turn America into "just another country," a Republican U.S. Senate candidate is refusing to apologize.

The problematic drawing depicts FLOTUS as masculine and angry, while Melania Trump is feminine and smiling.

Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Samford University defied authorities to print racially insensitive images on T-shirts. Social officials apologized to the school's community and launched an investigation.

https://twitter.com/TyChandler_News/status/730513472237228032 South Carolina police arrested a barber after he allegedly pulled a gun on a man and told him he “does not cut Black hair,” according to NBC Charlotte. Larry Thomas, 65, was charged with pointing and presenting firearms at Arthur Hill of Fort Mill, South Carolina. The incident occurred after Hill reportedly visited the shop […]

A Swedish woman of color confronts neo-Nazi marchers in Sweden. Her opposition to racism was captured in what will certainly become an iconic moment.

Ariel Agudio, Alexis Briggs and Asha Burwell were each indicted on a charge of third-degree assault and multiple counts of falsely reporting an incident.

Tom Angel, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell's chief of staff, sent the emails in 2012 and 2013 when he was the No. 2 police official in Burbank, California, the report says.

Local political leaders who were against the idea pulled up a 1971 interview Wayne did with Playboy, in which he made unsettling remarks about African-Americans and Native Americans.

The drawings, which feature a Black woman saying "would you look at the time, I'm late for my abortion" while wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt and another cartoon of a garden hoe asking a Black man "who is you calling a hoe," have many students speaking out, calling the caricatures offensive.

Naturally, many people are accusing the app of promoting blackface, while also pointing out that linking Bob to merely marijuana essentially ignores the wider reach of his legacy. Users took to Twitter to voice their frustrations.