A Texas nurse is suing the hospital she claims caused her depression and anxiety because of an onslaught of racism and harassment on the job. Jazzalynn McMurrin, 43, claims in a federal civil rights employment discrimination lawsuit her bosses singled her out because she was Black. McMurrin, a registered nurse, is suing her former employer,…
Randy Cox is shown during the video of his arrest. | Source: New Haven Police Department Three police officers in New Haven, Connecticut, have been placed on paid leave while Connecticut State Police investigate an incident that sounds eerily similar to that of Freddie Gray. On Juneteenth, 36-year-old Black man Richard “Randy” Cox was arrested…
OPINION: Anti-Trump conservatives can’t agree with Trump on everything but the deadly insurrection all while still supporting policies that harm Black and brown people and believe their hands are clean. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Some Republicans do not support Trump. Some…
As their actions have demonstrated, Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle are all about their independence from expectation. The May 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was a major social event for the Who’s Who of the political and entertainment elite. One guest, media icon Oprah Winfrey, barely knew the couple yet…
Fans are falling over laughing at Tracee Ellis Ross, who recently attended England’s Glastonbury Festival over the weekend. The comedic actress showed up equipped and ready to spend hours in the sun watching today’s iconic artists perform on stage, including her mother, Diana Ross. On Sunday, June 26, the former fashion model shared an Instagram…
Police Lt. Germain Dearlove told local news media that the shooting was the “result of a dispute in the parking lot.” ATLANTA (AP) — A man was killed and two others were injured, including rap star, Ludacris’ manager, in a parking lot shooting in an upscale neighborhood north of downtown Atlanta on Sunday night. The…
Source: Yuichiro Chino / Getty The emergence of robots has some computer scientists worried that artificial intelligence is learning how to be racist and sexist. In a new study, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology found that robots were producing harmful and offensive biases, arriving at sexist and racist conclusions in…
The San Francisco company believes the ban has worked, saying Tuesday that reports of parties at listed properties have dropped 44% from a year ago. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term rentals. The San Francisco company believes the ban has worked,…
The first Black male valedictorian to graduate from his Oakland high school has completed his first year of college. The scholar brings back to his hometown a top GPA from one of the top 10 schools in the country. Oakland native Ahmed Muhammad, the young man who made national headlines after becoming the first African…
State laws “authorize a judge to investigate, subpoena witnesses, and issue arrest warrants” as a one-person grand jury, the court said. “But they do not authorize the judge to issue indictments.” DETROIT (AP) — A judge had no authority to issue indictments in the Flint water scandal, the Michigan Supreme Court said on Tuesday in an extraordinary…
