Study Shows That U.S. Indigenous Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease Unlikely To Qualify For Federal
Research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society highlights disparities in the likelihood of #Indigenous coal miners...
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Nov 11, 20232 min read
After Months Of "Inexcusable" Delay, ICE Releases Investigation Into Immigrant's Death
A recently published report investigating the demise of an immigrant under the care of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Nov 11, 20231 min read
New York’s Housing Market Has Cost Minorities Over $200 Million Due To Systemic Racism
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report detailing systemic racism within the city’s housing market. According to the...
Nov 9, 20231 min read
KYRC Podcast Episode 1: Beauty in Black History
A wise person once said, "You don't know where you're going if you don't know where you come from." This is why, for this episode of the...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
Record For Longest Fiction Book For Black Children Goes To 10-Year-Old Hephzibah Akinwale
10-year-old Hephzibah Akinwale, a student at Little Thetford C of E Primary School in East Cambridge, #Massachusetts, has achieved a...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
The EPA Dropped Its Investigation Into Louisiana's Mainly Black-Populated' Cancer Alley
In #Louisiana, a crucial environmental investigation centered on the suffering of communities, particularly those of Black residents in...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
Racist Redlining Practices From Ameris Bank In Florida Leads To DOJ Seeking $9 Million Settlement
Ameris Bank, under a settlement with the Department of Justice, is set to allocate $9 million to counter modern-day redlining, with a...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Lawsuit Over Atatiana Jefferson's Death Leads City Of Fort Worth To Propose $3.5 Million Settlement
The family of #AtatianaJefferson, a woman tragically killed by Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean during a 2019 welfare check, may find some...
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Nathan Woodyard Was Found Not Guilty For His Role In The Death Of Elijah McClain
An Aurora, #Colorado, jury delivered a verdict on Monday regarding the case involving police officer Nathan Woodyard, finding him not...
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Attorney General’s Flint Water Crisis Investigation Ends Without Any Criminal Convictions
The Attorney General's office, under Dana Nessel, has ceased pursuing criminal prosecutions related to the #Flint water crisis after the...
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Desmond Mills Jr. Will Change His Plea To Guilty Over His Involvement In The Death Of Tyre Nichols
Former #Memphis #police officer Desmond Mills Jr., one of the five charged in the death of Black motorist #TyreNichols, seeks to change...
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Implicit Bias Still Impacting Health Of Pregnant Black Women According To California DOJ
A recent news conference with California Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed the results of a new Department of Justice investigation...
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Black Woman Employee At AT&T Fired After Reporting Racist Death Threats
Stacey Fowler, the highest-ranking Black woman at AT&T Ohio, filed a federal complaint after being fired from her role as the director of...
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Politico Report Reveals That New Orleans Police Usage of Facial Recognition Technology Is Bias
In the summer of 2022, New Orleans city council permitted the use of facial recognition technology by police in an effort to swiftly...
Nov 3, 20232 min read
White House Says Historically Black College And Universities Owed More Than $13 Billion Over Decades
Land-grant, historically Black colleges and universities have been deprived of over $13 billion in funds over the last thirty years, as...
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Body Camera Video Of Le’Keian Woods Arrest Released By Jacksonville, Florida Sheriff's Office
Police body camera footage was made public, revealing a violent arrest of #LeKeianWoods, a 24-year-old Black man in #Jacksonville,...
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Black Adults Visit Emergency Room For Mental Health Concerns More Than Any Race
In a recent #CDC report spanning 2018 to 2020, it was disclosed that Black adults sought emergency room care for mental health issues at...
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Police Board Finds 2 Officers Violated Use of Force Policy In Death of Keenan Anderson
The #LosAngeles Board of #Police Commissioners has determined that the actions of five officers in the death of #KeenanAnderson were not...
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Former Police Officer Justin Stetson Gets 2 Years Of Probation For Assaulting Jaleel Stallings
In #Minneapolis, a former police officer, Justin Stetson, faced his sentencing concerning an incident during the 2020 unrest following...
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Portland To Pay $300K Settlement Over Police Brutality Lawsuit By Protestor Michael Weisdorf
The #Portland City Council is anticipated to ratify a $300,000 settlement for a lawsuit filed in August 2020 by Michael Weisdorf, a...
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