A Republican politician in Michigan has apologized after wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag, an image offensive to many Americans as a symbol of racism and slavery. Michigan State Senator Dale Zorn wore the mask during a Senate vote at the state capitol in Lansing on Friday. He initially defended his actions, saying his wife had made the mask and that it depicted the flag of Tennessee or Kentucky. “I told my wife it probably will raise some eyebr

Georgia Clark, a teacher from Texas, has officially been fired after tweeting President Trump and asking him to “remove the illegals” from the Fort Worth high school where she taught. Clark apparently thought the tweets were private. However, her Twitter account has since been deleted. The vote to fire Clark was unanimous, and her appeal was also overruled. These tweets are not the first time this particular teacher was accused of treating her students poorly, however. The Fo

Some 3 out of every 4 inmates in Illinois prisons are black, yet, an Illinois prison banned an inmate education program from using books discussing black history or empowerment due to their “racial” content. Now, prison officials are apologizing and pledging to overhaul their review system, according to the Chicago Tribune, but not before officials at Danville Correctional Center had removed some 200 books from a prison library and banned for use in the education program “sev

(CNN) A morning TV anchor in Oklahoma apologized a day after likening her black cohost to a gorilla. Alex Housden said a gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo "kind of looks like you" to her colleague, Jason Hackett, at the end of a feature on KOCO-TV, a CNN affiliate, on Thursday.She addressed what she called hurtful comments on the next day's show."I said something yesterday that was inconsiderate, it was inappropriate, and I hurt people," a tearful Housden said to the audience

President Donald Trump is once again ignoring the truth with his racist attacks on four progressive congresswomen. He’s also ignoring the parallels with his own family’s immigrant history. The president launched a Twitter tirade on Sunday that urged the four lawmakers to “go back” to countries “they originally came from.” As many have pointed out, three of his targets ― Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts

Three Broward Sheriff's deputies who were involved in the April arrest of a teen who was seen on video being thrown to the ground and punched while he was taken into custody are facing criminal charges. The Broward State Attorney's Office announced Wednesday that Sgt. Gregory LaCerra and Deputies Christopher Krickovich and Ralph Mackey are facing misdemeanor charges related to the April 18 encounter in a McDonald's parking lot with students from J.P. Taravella High School in

Charlottesville, Virginia (CNN) James A. Fields Jr., the man who drove into a crowd of counter protesters in Charlottesville's "Unite the Right" rally two years ago, leaving one woman dead, was sentenced Friday to life in prison in his federal hate crimes case. Fields pleaded guilty to 29 federal hate crimes in March as part of an agreement that eliminated the death penalty as a possible punishment. Under the punishment imposed by US Judge Michael F. Urbanski, Fields will ser

NEW YORK -- The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the late singer. The New York Daily News reported there are conflicting claims about Smith's 1939 song "That's Why Darkies Were Born." The song originated in the 1931 Broadway revue "George White's Scandals" and was considered satire, but includes racist language. It was recorded by Smith and a

A Virginia school resource officer has been identified as an active member of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. In fact, it appears he was in charge of guiding new recruits through the application process. According to the Huffington Post, Daniel Morley, a 31-year-old cop working at L.C. Bird High School, was identified by anti-fascist activists, also known as antifa, who pored over Identity Evropa’s leaked group chat logs. The data was published by independent med

Roseanne Barr is at it again. The actress/comedienne who lost her job and her hit ABC show after her racist Twitter rant against Valerie Jarrett just took some shots at Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and it looks like some folks will never learn to keep their mouths shut. Over the weekend, Barr posted a video to YouTube calling AOC a “bug-eyed bi*ch” and a “Farrakhan loving bi*ch” over her proposed Green New Deal; a plan intended to “achieve net-zero greenhouse gas em

An Alabama newspaper editor on Tuesday was removed from the University of Southern Mississippi’s journalism Hall of Fame for writing an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” to block tax increases. Goodloe Sutton, the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter in Linden, Ala., was stripped of the honor over the “misguided and dangerous nature of his comments.” “The School of Communication strongly condemns Mr. Sutton’s remarks as they are antithetical to all that

WASHINGTON (CIRCA) – A library that was created in honor of Michelle Obama was vandalized with Trump’s name. The Little Free Library based in Washington, D.C. is located in Dupont Circle, according to Bustle.com. The Library included a plaque which read, “In Honor of Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, Lawyer, writer and First Lady of the United States.” According to The Washington Post, this is not the first time the Library dedicated to Mrs. Obama has been targeted. The plaqu

Results from a third autopsy conducted on the body of Kendrick Johnson — the second performed at the behest of Johnson’s parents — have been released, contradicting an earlier conclusion that the 17-year-old’s death was accidental. But the new autopsy’s impact is likely to be minimal, as a lengthy federal investigation already concluded there was no evidence of foul play. Johnson, the Lowndes High School sophomore whose body was found in a rolled-up gym mat nearly six years a

Students at a historically black college in North Carolina were planning a protest over what they said was racially charged comments and possibly terroristic threats on social media from a white classmate. Morgan Kendall, who was attending North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School Of Law, was accused of using “a racial slur on social media and said she wishes she could take credit for the pipe bomb packages that were sent to the Obamas and Clintons last month, according

A 17-year-old teen residing in the concert jungle where dreams are made of was refused a job at Necessary Clothing after she was told she was ‘too dark’ to work there. The New York teen, Mali D’Janite says she is a student in need of a job. With sales associate experience she wanted to work at one of her favorite stores located in the Soho area where she shopped regularly. “I’ve shopped at Necessary Clothing for years and have always loved their clothes,” Mali said in an excl