By Harmeet Kaur | CNN A British film industry group has raised the age rating for the beloved children’s classic “Mary Poppins” over discriminatory language. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which regulates films and video content in the country, changed the rating of the 1964 Disney musical last week from U (Universal) to … Read more
By Karen Breslau | Bloomberg California lawmakers took the state one step closer to becoming the first in the US to apologize for the harms of slavery, even though the practice was never legal there. Members of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, speaking at the Capitol in Sacramento on Wednesday, highlighted a bill calling for … Read more
Lawmakers in California have revealed a sweeping set of legislative proposals aimed at providing reparations for state residents who are descendants of enslaved Africans. The California Legislative Black Caucus announced the 2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package Wednesday, which lists 14 measures, including providing a formal apology for “human rights violations and crimes against humanity on African slaves and their descendants.” The package also proposes creating a state-funded grant program to … Read more
By Maysoon Khan | Associated Press/Report for America New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says he was stopped and pulled over by police without being given an explanation. The police stop in New York City on Friday casts a renewed … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Black people accounted for nearly 13% of traffic stops in California in 2022, far above their 5% share of the state’s population, according to a report released Wednesday under a law designed to address racial profiling of motorists and pedestrians by police. The annual report, compiled by California’s Racial and Identity Profiling … Read more
BY Ayanna Alexander and Gary Fields | Associated Press WASHINGTON — This year’s elections in Louisiana didn’t go the way that voting rights advocate Ashley Shelton had hoped, with the far-right conservative attorney general replacing a term-limited Democratic governor and consolidating Republican control in the state. Turnout was just 37%, despite the efforts of activists … Read more
By Jordan Valinsky | CNN New York — Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain falsely accused customers of crimes and unfairly targeted people of color. The FTC and Rite Aid reached a settlement Tuesday after a complaint accused the … Read more
