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Portia Roberson, a Detroit lawyer, is the latest black person to be racially profiled while shopping. Roberson went to a suburban Detroit Talbots store to return items. Before she returned them, however, she wanted to try them on. According to her Facebook post, when Roberson emerged from the dressing room, she was confronted by police officers.

The following post originally appeared on Anthropology News. It was written by Lance Arney and Marilyn Williams. Its original title is, “Demanding Zero Tolerance for Florida’s School-to-Prison Pipeline.” By: Lance Arney and Marilyn Williams Fifty years after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, the Civil Rights offices of the US Department of Education (DOE) […]

Ever since Google unveiled its numbers in terms of diversity regarding its work staff, the company has been making an effort to fix the lack of women and people of color in its offices. Just 17% of Google employees are women, but a new initiative is seeking to change that. 

The Supreme Court has ruled that family owned companies can opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions that allow female employees no-cost prescription contraception in most health insurance if they have religious objections. 

Community members in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood have a nuisance on their hands. A group of teens who are attempting to make a living by beating on buckets at intersections, are viewed as problematic to some of the residents. 

The following post originally appeared on VICE, and was written by Dave Schilling. It’s original title is, “Stop Using Black People As Props for Viral Videos.” By: Dave Schilling Welcome to a special “hood pranks” edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking s**tty internet videos on a scale of one to RACIST, with […]

By: William Darity Jr., Duke University The excellent recent article by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic has rejuvenated the national conversation over reparations for black Americans. One of the most impressive aspects of Coates’ article is his emphasis on events and conditions during the 20th century  as the basis for black reparations.

Actor Meshach Taylor died over the weekend. He was 67 years old. Taylor, who is best known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the TV sitcom Designing Women, had been suffering from cancer.

17-year-old singer Zendaya Coleman will no longer portray late R&B singer Aaliyah in Lifetime Television’s made for TV movie. The network made the announcement via Twitter. 

Photo: Kim Shine Two women were shot at Montrose Beach in Chicago as people gathered in celebration of the city’s gay pride weekend. One woman, 21, was shot in the shoulder. Another 48-year-old woman was shot in the arm and back. 

18-year-old Tyree Grant knows about pain and suffering. But despite the teens troubled past, he managed to come out on top. In fact, the Bronx teen got a full ride to Dickinson College where he will attend in the fall.

By: Associated Press In one case, a mentally ill New York City inmate hanged himself from a shower pipe on his third try in three days. During that stretch, orders to put him on 24-hour watch were apparently ignored, along with a screening form that said he was “thinking about killing himself.”