Race

Challenges Of Ensuring Diversity In Coronavirus Vaccine Trials

4:04pm September 11, 2020

by Blake Farmer

There's a push to have minority volunteers take part in coronavirus vaccine trials. Recruitment is happening, but it often means overcoming a deep-seated mistrust of the medical system.

"Effective immediately and until further notice, I'm directing the Portland Police Bureau to end the use of gas for crowd control," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Thursday. He's seen here speaking at City Hall in late August.

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Portland, Ore., Mayor Bans Police Use Of Tear Gas At Protests

3:05pm September 10, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"We need something different and we need it now," Mayor Ted Wheeler says as he orders his city's police to halt use of CS gas, one of the most common forms of tear gas.

George Washington University says Jessica A. Krug has resigned from her position as an associate professor at the school.

George Washington Professor Who Reportedly Faked Being Black Resigns

1:51pm September 10, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

The university says Jessica A. Krug has quit, effective immediately, after a blog post published under her name said she had assumed various Black identities even though she is a white woman.

The New York City Fire Department's James Gordon Bennett Medal was established in 1869 and features an image of Neptune (left) wading ashore. It will be renamed the Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Medal.

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NYC Fire Department Renames Highest Award In Light Of Namesake's Racist Views

1:41pm September 10, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the FDNY was renaming the medal after Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci Jr., who was the highest-ranking member killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

DHS Whisleblower Says He Was Ordered To Highlight Leftist Groups' Threats

6:33am September 10, 2020

by Hannah Allam

A Homeland Security whistleblower says he was ordered to make intelligence assessments about Russia and white supremacists seem less severe. What's been the impact on the white supremacist movement?

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National

Film Academy Announces New Diversity Requirements For Best Picture Nominees

4:14pm September 09, 2020

by Bob Mondello

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has established new diversity and representation rules for films that want to qualify for best picture, beginning in 2024.

Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall resigned Tuesday after criticism of her department's handling of recent protests in the city. Hall is seen here at police headquarters in Dallas in 2017.

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Dallas Police Chief Resigns Amid Fallout Over Department's Handling Of Protests

2:28pm September 09, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

U. Reneé Hall will stay on until the end of 2020. She is the latest in a wave of police chiefs to leave their posts after national protests calling for increase law enforcement accountability.

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Rochester Police Chief Resigns Amid Protests Over Black Man's Death

7:38am September 09, 2020

by Brian Mann

Chief La'Ron Singletary and other leaders are leaving the department in Rochester, N.Y., as protests continue over the March death of a Black man by asphyxiation after being restrained by officers.

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Religion

Black Pastor Wants His Mostly White Congregation To Understand Racial Justice

6:37am September 09, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

The racial justice movement asks what role white people should play in the struggle. Lenny Duncan's ministry tries to answer that question. He's a black pastor in the whitest denomination in the U.S.

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News Brief: DOJ Defends Trump, Vaccine Is A Hot Button Issue, Rochester Police

6:36am September 09, 2020

The Justice Department makes an unprecedented move to protect President Trump. A COVID-19 vaccine is a key issue in the presidential race. And, the police chief in Rochester, N.Y., has resigned.

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