Tag: Race

Martin, who was black, was 17 years old when he was shot and killed on Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trayvon Martin’s parents releasing a book in January

Kelly Cohen · September 28, 2016 5:45 pm

Pastor Russell Bowman, center, prays out loud as people gather at the scene where an African-American man was shot by police in El Cajon, east of San Diego, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

National Security

Protests in San Diego after police shoot mentally ill black man

Kelly Cohen · September 28, 2016 1:34 pm

"To me, it was embarrassing to watch that these are our two candidates," said the San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Kaepernick: Clinton and Trump ’embarrassing,’ ‘proven liars’

Joshua Axelrod · September 27, 2016 9:33 pm

On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton predicted younger voters and minorities will smash records in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Clinton predicts ‘record-setting turnout’ for 2016

Becket Adams · September 27, 2016 8:23 pm

Regulators on the Federal Election Commission are at odds over whether unregulated speech on social media could harm minorities by causing them to feel excluded. (iStock Photo)

Regulators spar over whether unregulated Internet harms minorities

Rudy Takala · September 27, 2016 7:39 pm

The body camera on the officer was not turned on until after the shooting. (Screenshot)

DC police release video of Terrence Sterling shooting

Kelly Cohen · September 27, 2016 6:48 pm

Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado became a topic of conversation during the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

Trump adviser: He should apologize for calling Miss Universe ‘Miss Piggy’

Al Weaver · September 27, 2016 6:05 pm

Trump calls Clinton ‘holier than thou’ on birtherism

Trump calls Clinton ‘holier than thou’ on birtherism

Becket Adams · September 27, 2016 2:19 am

Trump touts stop-and-frisk, brushes off constitutionality issues

Trump touts stop-and-frisk, brushes off constitutionality issues

Kyle Feldscher · September 27, 2016 2:08 am

Clinton: Racial healing can begin with increased gun control

Clinton: Racial healing can begin with increased gun control

Becket Adams · September 27, 2016 2:01 am

Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Janaye Ervin, who is attached to U.S. Pacific Fleet, would not stand for the national anthem while in uniform Sept. 19., according to Military.com, although the specific circumstances of the protest weren't clear. (Image courtesy screenshot)

National Security

2 sailors face discipline for refusing to stand for the national anthem

Mariana Barillas · September 26, 2016 3:49 pm

Our obsession with racism is less a response to external events than a state of mind, a determination to divide the world into victims and exploiters. Of course, there will always be victims: innocent men shot by cops, say. (AP Photo)

The racism of the anti-racists

Dan Hannan · September 26, 2016 4:04 am