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U.S. Supreme Court considers hearing case over racial slur in the workplace Updated May 13, 2021; Posted May 13, 2021 The American flag waves in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, 2020AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Facebook Share By JESSICA GRESKO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” Management ignored two large swastikas painted on a stora...

Supreme Court justices consider hearing a case on the N-word Robert Collier is asking the justices to decide whether a single use of the N-word in the workplace can create a hostile work environment Loading the player... Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” Management ignored two large swastikas painted on a storage room wall. And for six months, he regularly rode an elevator with the N-word carved into a wall. Collier ultimately sued the hospita...

Monday, May 10, 2021 The Supreme Court has been asked to decide an issue that has sowed confusion among the various appellate courts around the country: can a single workplace use of the N-word constitute a hostile work environment under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act? This legal question arises during a long overdue reckoning about how to address systemic racial discrimination in this country. Indeed, an employee in one case,  The N-word “sums up . . . all the bitter years of insult and struggle in America, [is] pure anathema to African-Americans, and [is] probably the m...

Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania State Senator Sharif Street (PA-3), Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, today announced the formation of his exploratory committee for the United States Senate. More than 100 leaders from across Pennsylvania joined him in person and virtually. The event was live streamed on Senator Street's Facebook page and can be seen "I will get votes in rural Pennsylvania and energize urban Pennsylvania," said Street. "We will engage Pennsylvanians in all counties and build out an agenda driven b...

WATCH LIVE: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Officials Calling For Action On Gun Safety At Broad And Olney CBS Philadelphia 2/26/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, District Attorney Larry Krasner, and Senator Sharif Street will join with city and state officials and anti-violence advocates to discuss last week’s shooting at Broad and Olney. They are calling for legislative and executive action to stop gun violence in Pennsylvania. They are asking for bills that would require reporting of...