Online fashion retailer Shein slammed for selling ‘metal swastika pendant’
The online fashion retailer Shein is under fire for selling a piece of jewelry that depicted a metal swastika.
Black Lives Matter mural painted in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan
After a delay at the last minute, a giant, city-funded 'Black Lives Matter' mural was expected to be painted on 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower Thursday.
MLS returns to action after poignant moment of silence
Orlando City's Nani scored in the seventh minute of stoppage time and held on for a 2-1 victory over expansion club Inter Miami during Major League Soccer’s return to action Wednesday night.
Jackson, Mississippi city council votes to remove statue of namesake, Andrew Jackson
The Mississippi capital named after Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, voted on Tuesday to remove the former Southern populist's statue from the grounds of City Hall in a 5-to-1 vote.
SF tech CEO apologizes for racist rant aimed at Asian family
Michael Lofthouse is the head of Solid8, a San Francisco-based cloud computing company.
Georgia Jimmy John's employees fired for making noose out of dough
Four employees of a Woodstock Jimmy John's have been fired for making a noose out of bread dough and recording themselves joking about it.
Man strikes Black Lives Matter protesters with car, police say
A New York man was arrested and accused of hitting two people with his car at a Black Lives Matter march, authorities said.
Asian and Black Americans report increased discrimination amid coronavirus pandemic, survey finds
A report published by Pew Research on July 1 surveying the effects of the racial and ethnic discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic found that Asian and Black Americans are more likely than other groups to report negative experiences based on the color of their skin since the pandemic began.
'Lift Every Voice and Sing' hymn ignites hope across nation
Lift Every Voice and Sing” was created more than a century ago. But the hymn dubbed as the Black national anthem has resurrected a beacon of hope during recent nationwide protests.
Vandals paint over Black Lives Matter mural in Martinez
The mural was repaired within a matter of hours.
Plan to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural on 5th Avenue temporarily delayed
New York City has placed a temporary hold on its plans to paint a large Black Lives Matter mural on 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower.
NYC temporarily halts plan to paint Black Lives Matter mural on 5th Avenue
New York City has placed a temporary hold on its plans to paint a large Black Lives Matter mural on 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower.
‘You should have been George Floyd’: Black baseball player taunted at high school game
Hecklers at an Iowa high school baseball game hurled racist taunts towards the lone black player at Charles City High School.
Washington Redskins to 'review' team name
The Redskins say they will conduct a thorough review of the team’s name a day after their main sponsor asked them to change it.
Black-owned businesses see sales surge amid racism reckoning
Black-owned businesses are enjoying a surge in support amid the national reckoning on racism sparked by George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.
City of Columbus, Ohio capital, removes Christopher Columbus from city hall
The Ohio capital named for Christopher Columbus removed a large statue of him outside its city hall on Wednesday, taking down what the mayor described as a symbol of divisiveness and oppression.
Special federal officers to protect monuments over July 4 weekend
Rapid Deployment Teams from the Homeland Security Department will be deployed to protect federal monuments around the country.
NYPD budget cut of $1 billion expected to pass
The spending plan acknowledges protesters' demands to cut police spending but falls short of what activists sought.
With a pen stroke, Mississippi drops Confederate-themed flag
With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as racist.
Walmart to stop selling 'All Lives Matter' merchandise
Walmart says the items were sold by third-party sellers and will be removed 'indefinitely.'