Kansas City votes to undo renaming of historic Paseo boulevard for Martin Luther King
Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved removing Martin Luther King's name from one of the city's most historic boulevards, less than a year after the city council decided to rename The Paseo for the civil rights icon. Unofficial results vote showed the proposal to ...
Black activist who took control of U.S. neo-Nazi group dies amid bid to destroy it
A black activist who took control of one of the nation's largest neo-Nazi groups — and vowed to dismantle it — has died amid a legal fight over who would lead the group. James Stern died Oct. 11 after getting hospice care for cancer, according ...
Police believe Milwaukee acid attack outside Mexican restaurant was a hate crime
Milwaukee police arrested a man suspected of throwing battery acid on another man in an attack that authorities believe was a hate crime. Mahud Villalaz suffered second-degree burns to his face after he was confronted Friday by a man who confronted him about how he ...
Mario Balotelli kicks ball into stands in response to racist taunts from fans
Mario Balotelli's most important kick on Sunday had nothing to do with the curling shot that he whipped into the top corner of the goal from beyond the box. Rather, it was the drop-kick the Brescia striker made moments earlier when he booted a ball ...
The eastern German city of Dresden has declared a "Nazi emergency" as officials warned of a rise in far-right support and violence. The city is the birthplace of the Islamophobic Pegida movement, which holds weekly rallies here, while the anti-immigration Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party ...
Activists angered at light punishment for Bulgarian soccer racism
Bulgaria was punished Tuesday for the Nazi salutes and racist chanting of its soccer fans with an order to play a European Championship qualifying game in an empty stadium, although the team avoided expulsion from the competition. The punishment was criticized by anti-discrimination groups, who ...
Led by Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidates vow to press Israel on Palestinian state
Democratic presidential contenders vowed Monday to switch gears sharply from Donald Trump's hawkish embrace of Israel, pledging they would press for a peace settlement that leads to a Palestinian state. Half a year after Democratic candidates all shunned the annual conference of AIPAC, the historic ...
Rep. Ilhan Omar slams GOP lawmaker's Facebook post of debunked photo of her at al-Qaida camp
Rep. Ilhan Omar has condemned a Republican state senator from North Dakota who posted a long-debunked photo on his Facebook page that purports to show the Minnesota Democrat holding a weapon at an al-Qaida training camp. Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in ...
A historian's quest for the truth about a gruesome lynching of two black couples has a U.S. appeals court considering whether federal judges can order grand jury records unsealed in decades-old cases with historical significance. The young black sharecroppers were traveling a rural road in ...
Far-right 'terrorist' group on trial in Germany over attack plot
The trial of a neo-Nazi "terrorist" cell accused of plotting violent political upheaval in Germany opens Monday amid reports the country's far-right scene is growing more armed and radical. Eight members of the so-called Revolution Chemnitz group aged between 21 and 32 will answer to ...
Japanese comedians apologize for racist joke about Naomi Osaka needing 'bleach'
A Japanese comedy duo apologized after reportedly making a racist quip that tennis star Naomi Osaka, of Japanese and Haitian heritage, needed to pick up some "bleach." The relatively unknown female comedy pairing A Masso and their management firm released the apology on Tuesday after ...
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau admits to using brownface makeup at party 18 years ago
As he scrambled to get on top of a fresh blow to a re-election campaign dogged by controversy, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday for wearing brownface makeup at a party 18 years ago. Time magazine published the photograph one week into a federal ...
