racism

The superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute has resigned, the school’s board president announced in a statement Monday, a week after state officials ordered an investigation into what they characterized as a culture of “ongoing structural racism.” Retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III tendered his resignation Monday, and the Board of Visitors accepted it “with deep regret,” board...

Actress Francia Raisa tearfully described a racist encounter to her fans online after getting boxed-in by supporters of President Trump who were attending a rally. LX News was joined by therapist Jardin Dogan to discuss the issue of racial trauma and get advice on how to heal from racist incidents.

Pennsylvania State Police say they won’t charge a woman who was recorded directing a racial slur against the wife of Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor at a grocery store. Gisele Fetterman said Thursday she preferred that the woman instead get assistance from social service agencies and other help.

Young people are passionate about removing controversial statues and building names across the country. But they don’t always realize voting is the easiest way to affect change, NBCLX’s Noah Pransky explains.

A new documentary, “Driving While Black,” digs deep into the racist reality that Black people have faced behind the wheel since the 1930s. Historian Gretchen Sorin, whose book inspired the film, and director Rick Burns joined LX News to discuss the PBS documentary and its call to action.

Starting Thursday, Yelp will add an alert on the pages of businesses that have been accused of racist behavior, following several widely covered allegations of racism at U.S. restaurants in recent months.

The climate crisis is a major issue in this year’s election among members of Generation Z. NBCLX’s Ngozi Ekeledo talked to two 18-year-olds who are speaking out against environmental racism as first-time voters in the upcoming election.

As parents help their children navigate remote classes during the coronavirus pandemic, they’re more aware of what’s being taught

An advocacy group is calling for accountability for officials in Andover, Massachusetts, after an independent investigation found that an off-duty Andover fire lieutenant “was not racially motivated” when he confronted a Black woman for taking mail from her own house. The advocacy group, Merrimack Valley Black and Brown Voices, released a statement Friday addressing the June 3 confrontation, which the…

An independent investigation into an off-duty Andover, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant confronting a Black woman for taking mail from her own house has found the incident “was not racially motivated,” the town said Monday. Andover officials announcing the results of the investigation said the incident was nevertheless eye-opening and will result in implicit bias training at the Andover Fire Department as…

Minnesota officials have stopped a COVID-19 testing study after multiple reports that state and federal public health workers were greeted by racial and ethnic slurs as they went door-to-door. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled federal surveyors out of Minnesota this week after they experienced verbal abuse and intimidation. In Eitzen, along the Iowa border, one...

Tiffiny Dixon looks at her 4-year-old son and knows that someday he will “stop being cute” and start being stereotyped as a threat. That’s why she takes him to Black Lives Matter protests – to teach him how to fight back by using his constitutional rights of assembly and free speech.

The superintendent of Sharon Public Schools, recently placed on paid administrative leave, has filed a racial discrimination complaint against the school committee. Parents rallied in support of her Wednesday night.

The City of Boston declared racism a public health crisis in June.

Dr. Shamard Charles, the host of “Heart Over Hype” speaks on issues of police brutality, police reform and the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities

A Massachusetts woman is facing civil rights charges after she allegedly drove her car toward a group of three Black women and their five children and shouted racial slurs at them earlier this summer. Rhonda Wozniak, 60, of Lynn, is accused of speeding toward the group as they were walking in Swampscott’s Vinnin Square on July 28, the Essex County…

Calls for racial and social justice continued Sunday across Massachusetts, one week after 29-year-old Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. About 150 people attended a rally Sunday night at Nubian Square in Roxbury where they demanded justice for Blake and other victims of police shootings. “The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns…

A rally was held Sunday night at Nubian square in Roxbury to demand justice for Jacob Blake, a Black man shot by police seven times in his back in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Rallies are happening Sunday across the state of Massachusetts in continued calls for social justice.

In a call to end systemic racism, activists are gathering in Boston Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic and social unrest over police abuse of power. A demonstration scheduled for Friday afternoon is intended to highlight social justice issues including police reform, voter suppression and bigotry, according to organizers, mirroring Friday’s Commitment March in the country’s capitol. Commemorating the March...