Racism

US Education Department removes rules against discrimination, civil rights groups condemned move

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April 2025 opposing disparate impact regulations and asked federal agencies to not enforce them.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, while he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.
People gather at the scene of the shooting death of a man by a Madison police officer, who police reported to be carrying a knife, on the city's near east side in Madison, Wisconsin July 22, 2026.

Wisconsin police shoot man during arrest attempt, sparking controversy over use of lethal force

An effigy of a person holding a knife in a mosque stands atop the Moygashel bonfire ahead of its lighting as part of the annual bonfire events marking the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, in Moygashel, Northern Ireland, July 9, 2026.

Politicians condemn replica of mosque set alight in anti-migrant bonfire in Northern Ireland

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to Malloy Aeronautics in Berkshire following the publication of the long-delayed defence investment plan on June 30, 2026 in Berkshire.

Starmer says racism, intolerance worsening in UK


Why do police mistake phones for guns? Racial bias in the brain, study finds

This new study suggests that there is a different neurological response in people of all races when they see the same tool associated with the face of a black or white person.

 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers move in on demonstrators in front of LA City Hall during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.

Florida man with hit list of Jews, Black Floridians, congressman gets 25 years in prison

A target list name groups to attack listed local synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses, and a Jewish member of Congress.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.

‘Anti-Palestinian Racism’: It’s the next tool of anti-Zionists - opinion

APR is framed as a new category of discrimination against Palestinians, their narratives, and their advocates.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest encampment is set up at the University of California, Berkeley last year. At Stanford and Berkeley, faculty resolutions and student events have labeled opposition to Hamas as ‘racist,’ state the writers.

Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 20 years for plot to sabotage Baltimore power grid

Prosecutors said Russell's conspiracy targeted several electrical substations around Baltimore, which is predominantly Black, and was aimed at furthering a white supremacist ideology.

A Nazi's salute at a neo-Nazi rally in Kansas City, Missouri. (Dave Kaup/Reuters)

Jews remain most targeted religious group in the US, FBI report finds

California saw the highest number of hate crimes, followed by New Jersey and then New York.

A community gathering at the site of an attack against a group people holding a vigil for kidnapped Israeli citizens in Gaza oin Boulder, Colorado on June 4, 2025; illustrative.

Stop pretending 'quiet antisemitism' is harmless or rare - opinion

These antisemitic incidents are not accidents; they are signals of deeper bias that remain unspoken yet deeply and painfully felt.

Antisemitic graffiti on an Australian Jewish cafe (illustrative)

MP Diane Abbott suspended from Labour Party again due to claim that Jews don't experience racism

She went on to say she was "weary" about being labelled antisemitic, given she has spent her life "fighting racism of all kinds."

 British Labour MP Diane Abbott takes part in a demonstration against racism outside Downing Street in London, Britain July 17, 2021.

Brawl erupts at Jerusalem’s Cinema City, racist slogans shouted

Cinema City described dozens of teenagers "rioting, cursing and throwing objects at the cafeteria workers with the aim of harming them."

Cinema City Jerusalem

WATCH: MK Ayman Odeh's vehicle attacked, spat on by violent protesters in Ness Ziona

Eyewitnesses reported that the officers took minimal action, choosing instead to "contain" the situation rather than intervene forcefully.

 MK Aymen Odeh at a protest in Ness Ziona, July 19, 2025.

Mamdani is a wolf in sheep's keffiyehs - opinion

Selling antisemitism with a smile.

Zohran Mamdani speaks during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, U.S., June 25, 2025.