Tag Archives: Racism

90 CEOs, business leaders, lawyers, and experts spent their Saturday discussing how they can push back against states that are restricting voting. According to NBC News, the group discussed pulling their donations, moving businesses or jobs out of the states that have passed restrictive voting laws, and relocating events. “It …

On Thursday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, declared racism a “serious public health threat,” promising new efforts to “address racism as a fundamental driver of racial and ethnic health inequities in the United States.” In a statement published on the CDC’s …

Metropolitan AME Church in Washington D.C. filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys after the group burned and destroyed Black Lives Matter signs in December. The group has not responded to the lawsuit and experts say their lack of response may lead to a default victory for the historical church. …

Former President Donald Trump told Republicans to boycott the companies that are against new voting restrictions legislation. Trump further said the bill that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed is not strict enough. “Too bad the desperately needed election reforms in Georgia didn’t go further, as their originally approved Bill did, …

Major League Baseball announced that the All-Star Game and draft would not be held in Atlanta, Georgia, because of the state’s new voting laws. “Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and the Players Alliance, among others, to …

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey says that his company is “disappointed” with new voting legislation in Georgia. “Our focus is now on supporting federal legislation that protects voting access and addresses voter suppression across the country,” Quincey said. “We all have a duty to protect everyone’s right to vote, and we …

Texas is moving closer to passing Senate Bill 7. The bill will prohibit drive-thru voting, limit early voting hours, and make it illegal for elected officials to send applications to vote by mail. Voting rights activists are calling the bill suppressive. “Make no mistake, Senate Bill 7 will disproportionately restrict …

Former American Express CEO Ken Chenault, Merck CEO Ken Frazier, and 70 other Black executives wrote an open letter to corporate America, demanding that they take action against GOP legislation that restricts voting access in at least 43 states. “Fundamentally, if you can’t oppose this legislation — that’s the lifeblood …

The state of Georgia was handed a third lawsuit in response to it’s newly passed voting restrictions. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta late on Monday called the law racially discriminatory and “an attack on democracy itself”. “This law is voter suppression, plain and simple, and aimed …

Several civil rights and voting rights groups have joined together to challenge SB 202, a bill that Georgia Republic Gov. Brian Kemp signed last week. The bill requires voters to use identification cards to obtain an absentee ballot, limits access to voter ballot boxes and make it illegal to give …

During an interview on Fox News on Thursday, President Donald Trump told Laura Ingraham that his supporters, who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, posed “zero threat.” “It was zero threat. Right from the start, it was zero threat,” President Trump said. Five people were killed during the riot …

Evanston, Illinois is paying reparations to Black residents for harm caused by the city’s discriminatory housing policies and practices. It is the first time that a city in the United States has established a reparations program. “The program is a step towards revitalizing, preserving, and stabilizing Black/African-American owner-occupied homes in …

Georgia State Rep. Barry Fleming has been asked to resign as a county attorney after co-sponsoring a bill restricting voting access in Georgia. Fleming, a Republican, served as county attorney in Hancock County, where 7 of 10 residents are Black. Hancock county’s election board was accused in a federal lawsuit of unfairly …

A Capitol police officer has been suspended and is under investigation after a congressional aid spotted a copy of the “Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion” — an anti-Semitic book — on the table near a security checkpoint. “We take all allegations of inappropriate behavior seriously. …