White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
AARON MORRISON, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2020, file photo, protesters and counterprotesters face off in Stone Mountain Village, Ga. White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League shared with The Associated Press. (Jenni Girtman/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)Jenni Girtman/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, people march as they attend a rally in Washington in support of President Donald Trump. White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League shared with The Associated Press.Carolyn Kaster/APShow MoreShow Less
When will black people stop dying for education? 17 March 2021 - 07:29
Nine years ago, in 2012, a woman was killed, and several others injured in a stampeded at the University of Johannesburg’s Bunting Road campus. This happened after thousands of prospective students and their parents, desperate to submit late applications at the university, attempted to force their way into the campus after the gate had been opened.
The ensuing pandemonium resulted in the woman being crushed to death in the stampeded and others being wounded.
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Assembly OKs bill ending hair-braiding licenses
March 17, 2021
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would allow people to braid hair without a barber or cosmetology license.
The Black community has been pushing to deregulate braiding for years. Thirty other states currently exempt braiders from licensure, according to the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for civil liberties.
The Wisconsin bill’s main sponsors, Rep. Sheila Stubbs and Sen. LaTonya Johnson, are Black. They contend that hair-braiding is a natural and ancient craft and de-regulating it will allow more female entrepreneurs to practice braiding and creating jobs for people of color. They also argue that many cosmetology schools don’t teach natural braiding and braiding isn’t a threat to public safety since it doesn’t use heat or chemicals.
Council calls for Indiana mayor s job after profane message
March 17, 2021
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1of3Michigan City Mayor Duane Parry speaks at a news conference outside City Hall on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at which he apologized for racist remarks inadvertently left on a voicemail to a local minister. He also said all city employees, starting with himself, will be required to take diversity training. (Kelley Smith/The News Dispatch via AP)Kelley Smith/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Protestors called for the resignation of Michigan City Mayor Duane Parry during the Rally for Reconciliation near City Hall on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Rev. James Lane was the recipient of a voicemail message the mayor left last week in which he inadvertently recorded himself making a racist remark. Some demonstrators carried signs echoing the pastor s sentiments; while others chanted messages like No justice, no peace, and Mayor Parry, resign! (Kelley Smith/ The Herald-Dispatch via AP)Ke
Hospital admits improperly vaccinating Trump Tower workers
March 16, 2021
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CHICAGO (AP) An official of a hospital on Chicago’s West Side that largely serve Black and Latino people admitted Tuesday that members of his staff improperly vaccinated Trump Tower workers.
Loretto Hospital president George Miller said in a memo to hospital staff that 72 restaurant, hospital and other support personnel at Trump International Chicago were vaccinated by hospital workers. Chicago restaurant workers and hotel staff aren’t currently eligible for the vaccine.
Miller said the workers inoculated earlier this month were largely black and brown residents of the community around the hospital who were unable to leave their jobs during regular hours.