Race & ethnicity stories

Oct 28, 2026

RFK Jr faces backlash for claiming Arabs don't produce science at Michigan campaign event

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew widespread condemnation for remarks at a Monday campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he falsely claimed that Arabs don't win Nobel Prizes or produce significant scientific and literary work. The comments were denounced as racist and factually inaccurate by civil rights groups and fact-checkers.

Oct 28, 20268 sources

Oct 27, 2026

North Carolina HBCU students march miles to vote after campus polling sites closed

Students from NC A&T, Bennett College, and UNC Greensboro marched from their campuses to the nearest polling sites on the first day of early voting after lawmakers closed their on-campus voting locations. The march highlighted efforts by predominantly Black college students to exercise their voting rights despite reduced access.

Oct 27, 20264 sources

Top claims

▪Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted funding for the health department
▪Cole Wozniak, a spokesperson for Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, criticized Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s remarks as an attempt to influence voters with racially charged statements.
▪The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee condemned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements as blatant anti-Arab bigotry and factually inaccurate.

People involved

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Subtopics

Civil rights2 Elections1 Federal agencies1 Higher education1 Misinformation1 State politics1 Trump administration1 U.S. voting rights1 U.S. voting rights & access1 US midterm elections1 Youth & generational change1

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