The call comes in response to a new state policy preventing institutions from utilizing government funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. By Stacy M. Brown(NNPA Newswire) NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson has called on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to […]
A Black woman says that she was harassed and discriminated against by an Ulta Beauty employee in January and called out the company for the employee’s behavior. TikTok user @ellechardanaye shared her experience at an Ulta in Altamonte Springs, Florida, where she says she frequently shops. While in the […]
Photo: Anjelica Lee via NBC Who knew a banana could cause so much ruckus? According to a Florida woman, that piece of fruit nearly cost her father his life after police violently arrested him after he was accused of shoplifting from a grocery store. Last […]
One of the officers involved in the viral arrest of a 24-year-old Black man in Florida is also linked to the 2019 shooting of a FAMU student. A video of the Sept. 29 bloody detainment of Le’Keian Wood has ignited backlash for how the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers handled the […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Asphalt Paving Systems on Sept. 26, alleging the company created a hostile environment for Black employees in Zephyrhills, Florida. The EEOC alleges that Asphalt Paving Systems violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1991 by […]
People hold swastika flags as the neo-Nazi groups Blood Tribe and Goyim Defense League hold a rally on September 2, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. | Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty Water is wet, fire is hot, sugar is sweet, the sky is blue and… Florida […]