Tag: Black People
Videos Show Grand Rapids Police Officer Fatally Shooting Patrick Lyoya
“The video clearly shows that this was an unnecessary, excessive and fatal use of force against an unarmed…
House G.O.P. Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge
WASHINGTON — In a bitterly divided Congress, it was a rare measure that had been expected to sail…
Jackson Confirmation Aside, G.O.P. Sees an Opening With Black Voters
The spectacle created by Republican senators with presidential ambitions as they browbeat the first Black woman nominated to…
‘We’ve Made It’: Jackson Celebrates Supreme Court Confirmation
WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, said…
Lawsuit Charges For-Profit University Preyed on Black and Female Students
WASHINGTON — Aljanal Carroll never doubted her ability to beat the odds — not when a doctor told…
Jackson Confirmed as First Black Woman to Sit on Supreme Court
“When it came to one of the most consequential decisions a president can make, a lifetime appointment to…
Two Black Coaches Join Brian Flores’s Lawsuit Against the NFL
“I sat there knowing that I was the coach in ’16, as they went through this fake hiring…
Black American Jews Share Their Passover Traditions
According to a 2021 report from the Pew Research Center, there are about 5.8 million Jewish adults in…
One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone
Generations of Black American women recall weekend afternoons spent watching an iron comb glow like molten lava on…
How Covid and Diabetes Collide in a Public Health Train Wreck
Diabetes is an insidious disease that significantly increases the risks of premature blindness, stroke, and circulatory and neurological…
Bright Colors, Dark Subjects: Hew Locke’s Unsettling Pageant
LONDON — On a recent morning, a cavernous studio in south London was a vista of ordered chaos.…
Roxane Gay: Will Smith Was Wrong, but Being Thin-Skinned Is Not
Ms. Pinkett Smith has alopecia, a condition resulting in hair loss that disproportionately affects Black women. It was…