March 20, 2025
A Black women's running club may continue pursuing some federal and state law racial bias claims against the nonprofit that oversees the Boston Marathon and a city along the course, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday.
June 18, 2024
Town officials and the organizers of the annual Boston Marathon want the courts to toss a Black running group's race bias suit, arguing that group members were not barred from being spectators and that a confetti cannon, not discrimination, is to blame for a confrontation with police.
April 12, 2024
A Black-led running group filed a federal discrimination suit to bar the Boston Marathon and a suburb along the storied 26.2-mile race route from racially profiling and harassing its members, following an intense confrontation with police at last year's event.