Page 7 - Racism

US health promoters deepen efforts to test Covid vaccines in diverse groups

Many thousands of volunteers from minority groups are needed for huge clinical trials underway or about to begin

Eng vs Aus: Langer regrets not discussing Australia's BLM stance more

Australia cricket coach Justin Langer regrets there were not more conversations among the squad about taking a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before matches

US democratic indicators plummet amid racial protests, Covid-19 pandemic

During the first two years of Bright Line Watch expert surveys, from February 2017 to March 2019, average scores were generally in the high 60s on a 0-100 scale

US elections: Kamala Harris meets Blake family to kick off Wisconsin visit

Kamala Harris met with the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police last month to kick off her visit to the critical swing state

We do have two systems of justice in America, says Kamala Harris

The strong criticism from Harris, the first Black and Indian-American woman on a major party vice presidential ticket came less than two months before the US presidential election

Donald Trump targets 'white privilege' training as 'anti-American'

President Donald Trump has directed the Office of Management and Budget to crack down on federal agencies' anti-racism training sessions, calling them divisive, anti-American propaganda.

High cost of presidential racism: Tapes reveal Nixon's hatred for Indians

Recently declassified White House tapes reveal how President Nixon's racism and misogyny led him to ignore the genocidal violence of the Pakistani military in what is today Bangladesh

Donald Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence 'domestic terrorism'

Trump charged into the latest eruption in the nation's reckoning over racial injustice, blaming domestic terror" that he said fuelled the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin

McDonald's faces discrimination suit by 52 black former franchisees

The 52 franchisees are seeking as much as $5 million in damages for each of the more than 200 stores that they operated

'Fanning the flames': Democrats accuse Donald Trump of stoking violence

Democrats on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions to benefit his campaign as he praised supporters who clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon

US elections: Trump supporters, counter-protesters clash in Portland

The caravan of about 600 vehicles headed for downtown after a late afternoon rally in the parking lot of the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall. Many of the rally-goers waved Trump flags

Donald Trump to visit Kenosha Tuesday, potentially stoking tensions

Trump has been running his reelection campaign on a law-and-order mantle, denouncing protesters as "thugs" while voicing his support for police

'How dare we not vote?': Black voters organize after Washington march

That determination could prove critical in a presidential election where race is emerging as a flashpoint

Police brutality in US: Thousands gather at Lincoln Memorial in Washington

Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, many felt compelled to join civil rights advocates in Washington to highlight a scourge of police

US govt sends security officers to Kenosha after shootings during riots

US authorities announced that hundreds of additional security personnel will be deployed to the city of Kenosha after protests against police brutality escalated into riots

Wisconsin guv declares emergency after unrest over police shooting Blake

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared the State of Emergency, according to a statement from his office Tuesday, after unrest following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police

America is not a racist country as portrayed by Democrats: Nikki Haley

Describing herself as a proud daughter of Indian immigrants who wore a turban and a saree, Nikki Haley narrated her story to reject Democratic Party's fashionable statement that America is racist

National Guard called out after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's governor summoned the National Guard to head off another round of violent protests after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances

US: Police shooting of black man stirs unrest in Wisconsin city

Police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle

Kamala Harris' dual identities pose challenge to America's race labels

It was just 20 years ago that the US census began to allow Americans to identify as more than one race