McDonald's is set to pay $33.5 million to Herb Washington, a Black owner of multiple Mickey D's franchises, to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of systemically giving white owners more opportunity to buy restaurants in affluent neighborhoods.
A co-worker of Anthony Ferrill, the Milwaukee gunman whose shooting rampage at the Molson Coors brewery killed six people including himself, suggested racism and discrimination could have proven to be the tipping point.
Several African-American employees have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the New York Fire Department over what they say is "entrenched racism."
A former Black employee at a Tesla plant filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the automaker. It's at least the third suit with similar complaints against the company.