Punished
Since last August Darryl George has been separated from his classmates Houston: A Black teen who was punished at high school because of the way he wears his hair lost a court battle Thursday when a judge upheld the disciplinary action against him. Darryl George, 18, wears his hair in rope-like strands called locs, which […]
ANAHUAC, Texas — A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, a judge ruled on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular Houston-area high school classes since Aug. 31 because […]
A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, a judge ruled on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, is a junior and has not been in his regular classes at his Houston-area high school since […]
In 1977, the by-then-former United States President Richard Nixon gave up the proverbial game. In an interview with British broadcaster David Frost, he seemed to provide an explanation for why he felt he could so brazenly ignore the law. In response to a question about whether the president can take certain illegal actions if he perceived them […]
NEW DELHI, March 3 (Reuters) – Russia cannot be allowed to wage war with impunity, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia said in a statement on Friday following a meeting in New Delhi. The so-called Quad group also said that the use, or threat of use, of […]
The criminal case held last week in Lesbos against 24 humanitarians for helping migrants sounded like a joke, but not a funny one. In court were volunteers with a small Greek NGO, Emergency Response Centre International, a search-and-rescue organisation that has since disbanded, including Seán Binder, a Kerry man and rescue diver. Also charged was […]
Many black Americans are embracing the natural curls and coils in their hair. But there’s been a backlash against black hairstyles in classrooms and companies across America. Toddlers and teens have been kicked out of school because of their hair, while many adults face losing their jobs. We get to the root of why this […]
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A growing chorus of Black leaders and activists in California is calling on the federal government to pardon 50 Black sailors they allege the U.S. Navy wrongfully punished nearly 80 years ago. Advocates are pushing for payments to the families of sailors who died in the 1944 […]
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