Parents furious after girls are subjected to racist taunts at Minooka Community High
Minooka Community High School has faced allegations of tolerating racism in the classroom before.
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Minooka Community High School has faced allegations of tolerating racism in the classroom before.
Minooka Community High School has faced allegations of tolerating racism in the classroom before. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
The new policy is up for a vote on Monday by the city's Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability.
According to the Kurdi family lawyer, the driver admitted to police that she drank alcohol before the crash.
Activists claim police officers were negligent and racist in two cases.
The Chicago Tribune is among outlets dropping the comic strip after its creator described people who are Black as members of "a racist hate group" during an online video show.
Owner Sydney Blakely just fully opened Cook It Mama four months ago.
Issues such as racism, crime, and the economy were front and center much as they are today. And back then CBS 2’s news team examined the trends and what the city needed to do to change. Anchorman Bob McBride is the host for “Chicago in Transition: The Legacy ’72, The Challenge ’73."
"He stated that we didn't want to use that because it may offend some of the Evanston residents."
Hateful, racist graffiti was discovered Friday at Oak Park and River Forest High School, and now police are getting involved.
Mayor Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to make city government "much more transparent," but for more than a year has fought public records requests about racism and discrimination among city workers.
for more than a year, CBS 2 has been asking for basic information from the City of Chicago. The Illinois Attorney General even said the city should provide that information. Yet the city continues to refuse - using taxpayer resources to fight the request from CBS 2's Tim McNicholas.
"If the name sounded Hispanic or if the name sounded Muslim, they would turn that deal down or wouldn't even look at that deal."
"What we want is a formal apology for these students and for them to be educated on why this was wrong."
Dozens of teachers held a rally Saturday, pledging to teach the truth in their classrooms.
George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police a year ago Tuesday. It has been a year of racial reckoning since, as well as a year of reflection on what must change when it comes to communities of color.
In his address to the nation about the coronavirus pandemic Thursday evening, President Joe Biden touched on a sensitive and discriminatory aspect of the pandemic – the acts of racism, and some acts of violence, against Asian-Americans.
"Hammond is one of the most diverse cities in Indiana. Our fire department knows what kind of city we are, and what's tolerated and what's not."
Racism and social injustice don't make for easy dialogue – but some artists believe the way to bring change to this country is to confront these difficult issues head-on.
Many say the storming of the U.S. Capitol highlights the double standards that protesters of different races face in this country.
Racial slurs, threats, anti-Semitic symbols – a former Minooka Community High School student says hate crimes are rampant in classrooms there.
The organization Purpose Over Pain and members of Saint Sabina Church said 65 years after Till's death, Black men are still killed because of the color of their skin.
The team said earlier this month it will continue to use the Blackhawks name because it honors a Native American leader who has been an inspiration to generations.
Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) said "it is time for this City Council to wake up and stop being dismissive" of progressive legislation, and urged aldermen to stop allowing progressive measures to get stuck in committee without a vote.
Tyler Seguin protested in Dallas, Zdeno Chara in Boston, while Patrice Bergeron, Tom Wilson and others made donations. Jonathan Toews met with activists in Chicago.
