The Democratic National Committee is shaking up its presidential nominating calendar to give people of color an earlier…
A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in…
President Joe Biden’s intention to end the national COVID-19 emergency will have long-lasting ripple effects on federal…
Unrelenting poverty, underemployment and historical trauma all contribute to the health challenges faced by Indigenous Americans.
Millions of enslaved Africans were forcefully converted to the Christian faith. The Black church came about when African…
New York City’s plan has garnered the most attention – and criticism – but several cities are expanding their own…
Australians lose more money gambling on sports, per capita, than any country in the world.
Conservatives and the GOP have mounted a decadeslong legal fight to turn the clock back on the political gains of the civil…
The case of Tyre Nichols highlights how traffic stops can turn deadly. Traffic stops are also prone to racial bias, can…
After nearly 40 years of effort, Guinea worm disease is on the cusp of being the second human disease – after smallpox…
A college readiness scholar says the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies has been weakened by political…
Founding Father and Princeton University president John Witherspoon told American colonists to resist the ‘slavery’…
The opportunity to place bets has changed the way games look, the way they’re talked about – and, of course, how many…
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are remarkably good at answering your questions. Just don’t take the answers seriously.…
Tu BiShvat has religious roots, but early Zionists embraced the day in new, more secular ways.
Russia’s refusal to allow the US to inspect its nuclear arsenal could reignite pressure for the US to develop new nuclear…
It turns out that there are some benefits to all the time we spend commuting.