Category Archives: Social
Police killings, other racial injustice cases pending in US
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin's sentencing Friday in George Floyd's death will hardly be the last word in the case, with federal civil rights charges still pending, appeals expected and three more officers facing trial.
Tennessee activist charged in traffic cone toss into truck
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee prosecutor has filed charges of reckless endangerment against a Black protester accused of throwing a traffic cone into the driver’s side window of a pickup truck in downtown Nashville last summer during a protest
Restrictions ease as Guam nears 75% of adults vaccinated
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam could be lifting more travel restrictions as its vaccination rate approaches 75% of the adult population.
‘We always knew:’ Reactions to 751 unmarked graves detected at residential school
Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has found 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School site, about 150 kilometres east of Regina. It came a month after Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation sai...
New York to add ‘X’ gender mark on government IDs
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers will be able to designate their sex as “female,” “male” or “X” on driver's licenses and birth certificates under a law that Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed Thursday.
Iowa county now named for Black dean, not slave-owning VP
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s most liberal county is no longer named for a slave-owning U.S. vice president and instead will honor a trailblazing local Black academic.
Key events since George Floyd’s arrest and death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd's arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis:
EU pushes on with migrant policy outsourcing plans
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders pushed ahead Thursday with plans to outsource the bloc’s migration policy challenges by spending billions of euros to improve cooperation from countries that people leave or cross when they set out for Europe.
College won’t revoke Trump adviser Flynn’s honorary degree
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The University of Rhode Island decided not to revoke an honorary degree bestowed upon Michael Flynn, an alumnus who briefly served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser and who has remained an ardent support...
First Nation says 751 unmarked graves found at Saskatchewan residential school site
Eagleclaw Thom cried on the phone with family members as they shared stories of attending a former Saskatchewan residential school where a search has revealed what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves. Thom said the discovery on the grounds of
