racism

As working from home looks set to continue following the coronavirus pandemic, a U.K. research center has warned that this could lead to increased prejudice. 

Sports analyst and former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho’s video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” has helped to bridge the divide between the way white and Black people communicate about race and racism. Now Acho has a new book with the same title that’s taking those “uncomfortable conversations” to a new audience.

A police officer in New York state has been suspended without pay after a body camera recorded him calling Black people “the worst race,” adding an expletive for emphasis

A New jersey restaurant is again being accused of racism. Chris Glorioso reports.

The restaurant’s parent company said asking the woman’s group to leave their table had nothing to do with race; they simply had been seated too long, and the empty tables weren’t used due to staffing issues

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved the CAREN Act, which criminalizes racially biased 911 calls. Shamann Walton, a member of the board, says people should not be allowed to use 911 as a “customer service line” for racism.

The superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute has resigned, the school’s board president announced in a statement Monday, a week after state officials ordered an investigation into what they characterized as a culture of “ongoing structural racism.” Retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III tendered his resignation Monday, and the Board of Visitors accepted it “with deep regret,” board...

Actress Francia Raisa tearfully described a racist encounter to her fans online after getting boxed-in by supporters of President Trump who were attending a rally. LX News was joined by therapist Jardin Dogan to discuss the issue of racial trauma and get advice on how to heal from racist incidents.

Pennsylvania State Police say they won’t charge a woman who was recorded directing a racial slur against the wife of Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor at a grocery store. Gisele Fetterman said Thursday she preferred that the woman instead get assistance from social service agencies and other help.

Young people are passionate about removing controversial statues and building names across the country. But they don’t always realize voting is the easiest way to affect change, NBCLX’s Noah Pransky explains.

The white woman seen calling the NYPD to accuse a Black man of threatening her during a wild caught-on-camera confrontation in Central Park has been charged with falsely accusing him of trying to assault her, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Tracie Strahan reports.

A new documentary, “Driving While Black,” digs deep into the racist reality that Black people have faced behind the wheel since the 1930s. Historian Gretchen Sorin, whose book inspired the film, and director Rick Burns joined LX News to discuss the PBS documentary and its call to action.

Starting Thursday, Yelp will add an alert on the pages of businesses that have been accused of racist behavior, following several widely covered allegations of racism at U.S. restaurants in recent months.

The climate crisis is a major issue in this year’s election among members of Generation Z. NBCLX’s Ngozi Ekeledo talked to two 18-year-olds who are speaking out against environmental racism as first-time voters in the upcoming election.

As parents help their children navigate remote classes during the coronavirus pandemic, they’re more aware of what’s being taught

Minnesota officials have stopped a COVID-19 testing study after multiple reports that state and federal public health workers were greeted by racial and ethnic slurs as they went door-to-door. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled federal surveyors out of Minnesota this week after they experienced verbal abuse and intimidation. In Eitzen, along the Iowa border, one...

The suspect, who was charged with two hate crimes, was seen on video walking along a street when she allegedly hurled racial slurs at a Black female jogger before throwing a glass bottle at her

Tiffiny Dixon looks at her 4-year-old son and knows that someday he will “stop being cute” and start being stereotyped as a threat. That’s why she takes him to Black Lives Matter protests – to teach him how to fight back by using his constitutional rights of assembly and free speech.

Tiffany Johnson says the video of the racist assault against her doesn’t capture what happened next. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Students were outraged after a professor tried to lead a classroom discussion about slavery, asking students “do the positives outweigh the negatives.” NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.