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Recent clashes between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea have raised concerns of a maritime escalation. The Philippines has said that two Chinese coastguard ships “harassed” Filipino fishing vessels within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the disputed South China Sea, ahead of joint military drills with its allies. The coastguard vessels […]
Half of Black adult gamers in the U.S. say they were racially harassed last year, continuing a troubling rise in identity-based harassment in online gaming despite game companies’ efforts to curb such activity in the wake of national reckoning prompted by George Floyd’s murder at the hands of law enforcement. According to an annual report […]
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The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard and maritime militia’s dangerous and unlawful actions obstructing an October 22 Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. By conducting dangerous maneuvers that caused collisions with Philippine resupply and Coast […]
A U.S. civil rights agency initiated a lawsuit against Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), Thursday, alleging that the electric car manufacturer has allowed persistent harassment against Black workers at its assembly plant in Fremont, California. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has asserted that, from 2015 to the present, Black employees working at the Tesla […]
[1/2]Motorists drive past Tesla’s primary vehicle factory in Fremont, California, U.S. May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 28 . . .
Black Employees Were Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment that Included Racial Slurs, Threatening Conduct and Humiliating Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges TAMPA, Fla. –– Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. (APS), an asphalt paving company with offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Tennessee, violated federal law by subjecting 12 Black employees who had filed […]
The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with Highland Community College (HCC) in Kansas to resolve the department’s investigation into allegations that Black students, primarily student-athletes, living on HCC’s main campus experienced discriminatory treatment in many aspects of campus life, including discipline, housing and interactions with campus security officers. The complaints alleged that Black […]
Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law, pictured in 2020, before he left Hong Kong. CNN — The US State Department said Friday it “strongly condemned” the Hong Kong authorities’ “ongoing
A Black American Homepatient Inc. customer service representative will get a trial on whether racial slurs uttered by her supervisor and a co-worker made her work environment illegally hostile. The US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s ruling involves an instance where a single incident of harassment could be found to violate federal […]