Browsing: Race
American Airlines rocked by racial discrimination suit after Black passengers forced off plane
Black passengers who were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January sued the airline Wednesday, alleging that they were victims…
For much of the past two years, Caitlin Clark has been the centerpiece of the college basketball world. Now Clark, like NBA…
Target is selling a Black History Month quilt ‘inspired by’ designs from 5 women descended from enslaved people. It’s not clear how much money they got
Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring…
New York state is throwing its $260 billion retirement fund at ‘long-standing failures of oversight’ at Tesla, Wells Fargo, and Chipotle
An investment fund wants a reckoning at three major companies after a litany of serious fraud, sexual harassment and racial…
New York state wants companies to protect their LGBTQ+ Gen Z and millennial workers—and it’s throwing a $260 billion retirement fund at the issue
Money talks. That’s what Thomas DiNapoli, comptroller of the state of New York, is counting on when it comes to…
Google searches for “breast cancer risk assessment” soared last week when actress Olivia Munn shared on Instagram that her OB/GYN…
Campaigners have called for “immediate action” on racial bias in medical devices like pulse oximeters following the publication of a…
White people’s net worth outgrew Black Americans’ by 30 percentage points in the pandemic, New York Fed study finds
A strong performance in financial markets, particularly an outsize gain for the stock market in 2021, helped entrench existing trends…
Sleep loss more common among African Americans after police-involved killings of unarmed Black people like Eric Garner and Tamir Rice: Study
The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances…
West Point can keep taking race into account in admissions—for now, Supreme Court order says
The Supreme Court is allowing West Point to continue taking race into account in admissions, while a lawsuit over its policies continues.…