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Democratic lawmakers have revived efforts to pass federal legislation aimed at banning discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture with the reintroduction of the CROWN Act. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey introduced HR 8191, also known as the CROWN Act of 2024, in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, April…
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A federal judge has made a significant statement regarding the recent incident where New York Attorney General Letitia James was heckled by firefighters during a promotion ceremony. Judge Nicholas Garaufis, presiding over the Brooklyn Federal Court, emphasized that the behavior displayed by the firefighters towards James was rooted in racial biases rather than political disagreements.…
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A Chicago police officer, Mohammad Yusuf, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city seeking the right to change his race on official records. Yusuf, 43, is challenging the Chicago Police Department’s refusal to allow him to switch his race from “Caucasian” to “Egyptian and African American.” The lawsuit, filed last week, comes…
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