Adria R Walker

Mississippi, Rochester, Toronto

Race and Equity Reporter at The Guardian

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Legal Defense Fund exits Meta civil rights advisory group over DEI changes

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Adria R Walker

On Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its decision to exit Meta’s external civil rights advisory group due to its concerns over Meta’s content moderation and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) policy changes. In January, Meta made a series of sweeping changes, including ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, getting rid of its factcheckers and changing its content moderation policies.
Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Adria R Walker

Adria R WalkerFri, April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC4 min readThe Mississippi library commission, which offers services such as specialized research assistance to libraries in the state, has ordered the deletion of two research collections: the race relations database and the gender studies database. The collections were stored in what’s called the Magnolia database, which is used by publicly funded schools, libraries, universities and state agencies in Mississippi.
‘Defend yourself’: the Memphis gun club educating Black women and children on firearm safety

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Adria R Walker

In the middle of a strip of industrial, single story buildings, it’s easy to miss the offices of 901 Brothers Sisters Keeper gun club, the Memphis chapter of the National African American Gun Association (Naaga).
‘A slap in the face’: activists reel as Trump administration removes crucial missing Indigenous peoples report

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Adria R Walker

Since January, Donald Trump’s presidency has been marked by a series of radical changes. Of note is the way troves of previously publicly available information on government websites such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or National Institutes of Health (NIH) have quietly gone dark. One such page is the the Not Invisible Act Commission’s final report from November 2023.
Americans boycott corporations to protest anti-DEI policies

1 month ago | msn.com | Adria R Walker

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‘Hit them where it hurts’: US consumers begin economic blackout to protest anti-DEI policies

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Adria R Walker

On Friday, Americans across the country are participating in an economic boycott for 24 hours. Organized by the People’s Union USA, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization, the boycott quickly picked up steam across social media, with thousands of users sharing posts with related hashtags. Participants are asked not to spend any money, and if they need to, it’s recommended that they shop at a local, small business and pay in cash.
Family of Sonya Massey, killed by police in her home, receive $10m settlement

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Adria R Walker

The family of Sonya Massey and Sangamon county, Illinois, officials reached a settlement in which the Illinois county agreed to pay Massey’s family $10m. The settlement comes nearly a year after Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two, was shot and killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy who was responding to her call for help. The settlement will likely help avoid a lawsuit over the shooting by Sean Grayson, a former deputy.
North Carolina judge finds race played role in Black man’s death row sentencing

2 months ago | msn.com | Adria R Walker

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North Carolina judge finds race played role in Black man’s death sentencing

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Adria R Walker

On Friday, a North Carolina superior court judge ruled that race played a distinct role in jury selection for Hasson Bacote, a 38-year-old man who spent 15 years on death row before he was pardoned last December. Bacote was sentenced to death in 2009 after a predominantly white jury found him guilty of shooting someone during a robbery.
As Trump is inaugurated, activists ask: is there any point in mass protest?

Jan 20, 2025 | theguardian.com | Rachel Leingang |Dharna Noor |Adria R Walker

Prominent leftwing activists across the US say a second Trump administration demands new tactics to achieve their goals, amid expectations the huge protests that marked both the Biden and first Trump presidencies won’t materialize in the same way. As many as 4.6 million people attended Women’s Day marches in the US the day after Donald Trump’s first inauguration.