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Amnesty International Canada will contribute its expertise to court proceedings about the landmark Black Class Action lawsuit. In a decision dated February 8, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagné granted Amnesty International Canada’s request to deliver arguments in the Black Class Action case, which targets systemic anti-Black racism in the federal public service. In […]
Photo: Getty Images From the Revolutionary War through the Iraq War, hundreds of years are covered in history classes across the United States. While many teachers work hard to cover everything they can, there are a number of historical events that are often overlooked. Unfortunately, many of those historical events that are neglected in educational […]
Civil Circles ‘We’re very disturbed by what we have seen, and this is why we’re very committed to support the Black class action,’ says Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking branch. Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking branch, left, and Nicholas Marcus Thompson, one of the representative class members […]
Editor’s Note: Keith Magee is senior fellow and visiting professor in cultural justice at . . .
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 […]
Left to right: Madame C. J. Walker, Paul Cuffee, Annie Malone, Charles Clinton SpauldingGraphic: Laura Bratton, Photos: National Museum of African American History and Culture, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Illustration: African American Registry There’s tons of resources detailing the histories of Black entrepreneurs throughout history. A few among them:
It was too late for Sanam Ahadi’s grandmother, Karima Lutfi. Ahadi’s family, originally from Afghanistan, had feared taking Lutfi to the hospital when she contracted the Covid-19 virus early in the pandemic. Information was low. Visitors were restricted, and the unknown was inescapable, including the virus’s possible deadliness among older adults . . .
CNBC’s senior personal finance correspondent Sharon Epperson speaks with high school students as part of Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee’s Finance Park financial literacy program. Sam Wiseman High schools are increasingly offering real-world financial lessons to students — and soon more than half of U.S. high schoolers will be required to take a personal finance […]