racism

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.

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...

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.

Dr. Shamard Charles, the host of “Heart Over Hype” speaks on issues of police brutality, police reform and the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities

A recent study has found that Black infants are more likely to die when under the care of white doctors than Black doctors. Dr. Rachel Hardeman, who researches reproductive health equity, joined LX News to explain how institutional racism is making childbirth more deadly for Black mothers and their infants.

“When you have a friend, or you’re involved with someone who’s speaking like that to others…If you feel it’s wrong and don’t say anything. Then you’re perpetuating the problem.”

Ephraim Salaam lived his his dream playing in the NFL from 1998 to 2010. Over the course of those 12 years, playing for five NFL franchises like Atlanta, Denver, Jacksonville, Houston and Detroit, you couldn’t blame Salaam if one game tended to merge into the next. But there is one particular Sunday that’s seared into his memory.

The Democratic nominee for vice president, Kamala Harris, called on the country to confront its struggles with racism during her acceptance speech at the DNC Wednesday. “Let’s be clear, there is no vaccine for racism,” she said. “We’ve got to do the work.”

Luray Mayor Barry Presgraves posted the comment last weekend on his Facebook page.

Members of a Maryland community found hate speech scrawled on a high school football field and some parents now want the suspected vandals to face hate crime charges.  The act is not a hate crime under current Maryland law. While the law will change on Oct. 1, it’s unlikely to apply retroactively to the case.  The N-word was scrawled...

A racial slur was painted on the high school’s football field Sunday evening. Classrooms were also broken into and vandalized. News4’s Chris Gordon spoke to parents who want to see the vandals face hate crime charges.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has won the Republican nomination for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

A public charter school set to open this fall in Fort Totten will focus on social justice issues like racism and inequality. News4’s Aimee Cho has the story.

Advocates have made strides in getting Native American symbols and names changed in sports, but they say more work needs to be done mainly at the high school level.