Race and ethnicity

A town refuses to give up school’s Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. -- As a high school hockey player, Adam Drexler wore his Massapequa Chiefs jersey with pride.But as the…

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Former school athletic director gets 4 months in jail in racist AI deepfake case

BALTIMORE -- A former high school athletics director accused of using artificial intelligence to create a racist and antisemitic deepfake…

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Black female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ to receive congressional honor

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,”…

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Tech industry tried reducing AI’s pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its ‘woke AI’ efforts

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- After retreating from their workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs, tech companies could now face a second…

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The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

“Me love you long time,” a Vietnamese sex worker tells the U.S. troops, swiveling her hips as she hawks her…

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19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

CONCORD, N.H. -- Nineteen states that refused to comply with a Trump administration directive aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and…

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Fears of racial profiling over registration policy for immigrants in US illegally

PHOENIX -- The Trump administration's plan to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and…

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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of…

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Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of…

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Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants

McALLEN, Texas -- Hubert Montoya burst out laughing when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security emailed to say he should…

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