Race

Health & Safety

An upcoming Supreme Court ruling may disproportionately impact on people of color

7:14am May 06, 2022

If the Supreme Court over turns Roe versus Wade, it would trigger abortion bans and restrictions in 26 states. But the ruling will most impact poor people and communities of color.

Race can impact the medical treatment a person gets. Pediatrics wants to address that

5:14pm May 05, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling to end "race-based medicine," wherein doctors sometimes use race as a factor to determine what treatment patients receive.

Clockwise from top left: Amber Ruffin, Cristela Alonzo, Trevor Noah, Ali Wong, Roy Wood Jr. and Hasan Minhaj could be successors to James Corden on The Late Late Show.

Arts

It's time for a non-white host of 'The Late Late Show'. Here's our critic's shortlist

10:20am May 05, 2022

by Eric Deggans

Ali Wong, Roy Wood Jr., Amber Ruffin and Hasan Minhaj are all on this critic's shortlist of candidates for the job.

Charles Johnson wears a button with a picture of his wife, Kira, during a press conference announcing a lawsuit outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Wednesday in Los Angeles. Kira Johnson died at the hospital in 2016 from complications after giving birth

Lawsuit says a Black patient bled to death because of a hospital's culture of racism

10:14am May 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 has sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned hospital.

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates Penguin Random House's All Ways Black Instagram account.

How one book influencer championing Black authors is changing publishing

10:12am May 05, 2022

by Maayan Silver

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates an account for Penguin Random House dedicated to celebrating Black writers.

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, April 20, 2021.

National

Judge accepts plea deal in Derek Chauvin's civil rights case

8:29am May 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

Education

Dartmouth returns the papers of an 18th century Mohegan scholar to the tribe

7:33am May 05, 2022

by Diane Orson

Samson Occom was sent to Europe to raise funds for a school for Native American students, but the money was diverted to found Dartmouth College. Now a step toward reconciliation.

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Hughes Van Ellis, 101, foreground left, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 107, right, survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, outside a courtroom on Monday at the Tulsa County Courthouse, in Tulsa, Okla.

National

A lawsuit by survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, a judge rules

10:48am May 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

An Oklahoma judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre can proceed, bringing new hope for justice for three centenarian survivors of the deadly racist attack.

Tracey Collins and New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the 2022 Met Gala on Monday in New York City.

NYC mayor's 'End Gun Violence' Met Gala jacket sparks criticism online

10:20pm May 02, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The tuxedo jacket features iconic features of New York, including the Brooklyn Bridge. It also displays a large handgun with a red slash through it.

Students walk past a display for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Farmington High School in Farmington, Conn., on May 10, 2021

The story behind Asian Pacific American Heritage, and why it's celebrated in May

6:08pm May 02, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

May marks the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year's theme is Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration.