Lawmakers in California have revealed a sweeping set of legislative proposals aimed at providing reparations for state residents who are descendants of enslaved Africans. The California Legislative Black Caucus announced the 2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package …
By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON | Associated Press ANGOLA, La. — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave …
By Maysoon Khan | Associated Press/Report for America New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says …
By MEG KINNARD and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden doesn’t need to worry about his prospects in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next week. He’s got …
Corinne Purtill | Los Angeles Times (TNS) The plagiarism accusations first struck Claudine Gay when a right-wing activist published several examples of unattributed text from the Harvard president’s academic writings. …
KRAKOW, Poland — Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday. Musk’s …
SANTA CRUZ — Last spring, a former professor at the University of Toronto filed a lawsuit against UC Santa Cruz officials over the school’s requirement for jobseekers to include a …
(CNN) — More than 60 years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream Speech” speech at the March on Washington and …
Emily St. Martin | (TNS) Los Angeles Times Lawsuits challenging book bans in Florida and Iowa are proving to play a key role in the growing fight for student’s access …
By Adam Echelman | CalMatters At Cabrillo College near Santa Cruz, Nikia Chaney stands out. You can spot her bright pink hair from a distance. She’s also the only Black …