NewsOne and Tom Joyner present BlackAmericanAgenda, the six issues we feel are the most important for Black Americans in this election year. Let it be your yardstick for measuring the merits of the politicians and parties on which you’ll be voting in November, bullets of wisdom for the ballot box. For a list of all the BlackAmericanAgenda issues, CLICK […]
Zackya Gordon, a former Whole Foods employee from Brooklyn, New York, says that she was terminated after she told her boss that she was pregnant. Gordon is filing for unspecified damages for gender and pregnancy discrimination. After revealing she was pregnant last July, Gordon was repeatedly reprimanded over “false and fabricated accusations” before getting the […]
A civil rights group is suing Maryland’s Higher Education Commission for allegedly discriminating against the state’s four historically black colleges. The plaintiffs argue that Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have underdeveloped programs because black schools are funded in a manner that puts predominately white […]
The Village Voice has a good article on the reasons for lack of Black firefighters in New York City and the requirement test necessary to become a firefighter: “There’s no question that there is something very wrong with how the FDNY adds new employees. For nearly 40 years, various courts have issued injunctions to correct […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A bartender has sued a popular Philadelphia restaurant and bar where he works, claiming it discouraged nonwhite customers from visiting. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by part-time bartender and lawyer Michael Bolden claims the general manager at McFadden’s Restaurant and Bar told a weeknight supervisor to end a promotion popular with black […]
The New York Post is reporting on a case where a cab driver settled a discrimination lawsuit against a cab driver who refused to take a Black passenger to Brooklyn, after picking up his white boyfriend. A taxi driver has agreed to settle a discrimination case by paying $2,000 to a white passenger who had […]
I once worked for an Iranian woman as her personal assistant. She was strict, stubborn, and tough. In other words, she was a bitch. But she was a bitch that was about her business. So, for that, I respected her. Well, at least I did until she made a comment about my speech. One day […]
A Brooklyn judge on Wednesday blocked the city’s plan to hire 300 firefighters – saying the FDNY’s latest written exam still discriminates against minority-group applicants.
Bakari Kitwana speaks with Chandra Bhatnagar about the legal ramifications of racial profiling as it relates to recent legislation targeting illegal immigrants. Bhatnagar reflects on the recent lawsuit filed by the ACLU against Arizona and questions how constitutional and international law experts might respond to recent legislation in Massachusetts that would create a hotline for […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina‘s Democratic Party has asked its own Senate nominee to withdraw after learning the man has been charged with a felony. But the candidate says he won’t budge.
From NYDailyNews.com: A bikini-wearing blogger with Tea Party ties has placed ads on city buses aimed at outraging Muslims.
Walter E. Williams is a professor at George Mason University. I am not overly familiar with Williams’ work, but some others have brought it to my attention recently as a result of Williams’ support for the Arizona Law against illegal immigration. I presume that Williams backs the law, since his most recent essay argues that […]
