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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge in California on Thursday appeared poised to reject Tesla’s bid to toss out a U.S. agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of tolerating rampant harassment of Black workers at its Fremont, California assembly plant. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco during a hearing repeatedly […]

Who: Black & Abroad, with McCann Canada for strategy and creative; Initiative Canada for media. What: “See You There,” a campaign that helps the brand’s Black customers see themselves in new vacation spots this year, while also bringing attention to encoded bias in AI systems. When & Where: The campaign began Monday (March 18) using […]

Tesla has settled a long running lawsuit by a Black former factory worker who claimed he was subjected to severe racial harassment, according to a court filing on Friday, as the electric carmaker faces a series of other discrimination lawsuits. Tesla and lawyers for Owen Diaz, a former elevator operator at the company’s […]

The named plaintiff, former assembly line worker Marcus Vaughn, first sued in 2017, alleging that Black factory workers were subjected to a range of racist conduct including slurs, graffiti and nooses hung at their workstations. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Lawrence Organ, a lawyer for Vaughn, said he […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A California state judge tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker’s alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment at its Fremont plant. California Superior Court Judge Noel Wise in Oakland said in a written order issued on […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A California state judge tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker’s alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment at its Fremont plant. California Superior Court Judge Noel Wise in Oakland said in a written order issued on […]

Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. perhaps the most influential of the many men who have led […]

Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. perhaps the most influential of the many men who have led […]

Vivek Ramaswamy blasted Bank of America for its move to provide home loans “without down payment” to people from Black and Hispanic Communities. Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the AmericInn on December 19, 2023 in Webster City, Iowa (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images […]

Police enforcing COVID-19 lockdowns across Europe have disproportionately targeted ethnic minority and marginalized groups with violence, discriminatory identity checks, forced quarantines and fines, Amnesty International said in a new report – Policing the Pandemic – Human rights violations in the enforcement of COVID-19 measures in Europe. Policing the pandemiccovers 12 European countries and exposes a disturbing pattern […]


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