Racism
Authorities probing bigoted text messages that spread alarm across US
FEDERAL and state authorities are investigating a wave of bigoted text messages sent anonymously that have spread alarm among Black Americans across the country this week, officials and recipients tol...
Trump team on defensive over racist rhetoric
DONALD Trump was struggling on Monday to contain a fierce backlash to racist rhetoric targeting Puerto Ricans at his weekend rally, just eight days ahead of a presidential election that could be deter...
Kanye West apologises for anti-Semitism
US RAPPER Kanye West apologised to the Jewish community on Tuesday, after a series of anti-Semitic comments that sparked outrage and led to the star being dropped from lucrative commercial deals and b...
Elon Musk curses out advertisers who left X over anti-Semitic content
BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over anti-Semitic content to “go f*** yourself” in a fiery Wednesday interview.
Singapore must maintain racial and religious peace, stay vigilant amid Middle East conflict: Shanmugam
SINGAPORE must not let external events affect the city-state’s internal situation, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam told media on Thursday (Oct 12), highlighting the need to maintain racial and r...
Will Gen Z disrupt the Asean corporate landscape?
ACTIVIST employees have made their voices heard in multinational corporations in the United States in recent years. Netflix employees have staged walkouts over the airing of a show by comedian Dave Ch...
UK royals show ruthlessness in latest race row
The timing could not have been worse for Britain’s royal family, not long after one racial reckoning involving Prince Harry and ahead of a new publicity blitz from the maverick “spare heir”.
K-pop supergroup BTS visits Biden in White House; says ‘devastated’ by US hate crimes
SOUTH Korean K-pop sensations BTS didn’t sing a word but in a White House visit on Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden the supergroup’s message against anti-Asian racism came loud and clear. The seve...

Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees
[NEW YORK] A lawsuit filed on Friday (Mar 18) accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denie...
Towards a more conscious and inclusive capitalism
Singaporeans are well-placed to be leading examples of an inclusive society; we just need the courage to reinvent policies, quieten old thoughts and bury old habits.