Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism
Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black men...
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Biden, Harris offering solace to grieving Asian Americans
For Asian Americans, 2020 was a year of political success and newfound influence. But it was also a time of vulnerability to racist assaults. That painful...
House passes two immigration bills that would establish path to citizenship for millions
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would establish paths to citizenship or legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants,...
Why a white poet did not translate Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb stole the show at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration but when a renowned Dutch author was asked to translate her...
Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems
A Congress riven along party lines has approved the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a major triumph on...
Rapper OMB Peezy charged in music video shooting
An Alabama rapper was arrested in connection to a shooting at music video set in downtown Atlanta, authorities said. OMB Peezy was arrested Monday and...
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss
Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump called for GOP unity, even as he exacerbated intraparty divisions by attacking...
More than 200 groups urge G20 to back IMF issuance to help poor countries in pandemic
Jubilee USA Network, Oxfam and 215 other civil society groups on Wednesday urged Group of 20 finance officials to back an issuance of $3 trillion...
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big real world test
A real-world test of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death,...
Biden aims to distribute masks to millions in equity push
President Joe Biden plans to distribute millions of face masks to Americans in communities hard-hit by the coronavirus beginning next month as part of his...