At 4 a.m. on Nov. 6, as my wife and I sat in our Seattle home watching election results roll in, something crystallized in our shared glance. We’d already been methodically planning our departure for months, recognizing America’s trajectory. The weight of that moment ― the culmination of years of systematic observation and personal experience […]
US arms export growth was driven by countries seeking to replenish weapons stocks that were donated to Ukraine. The sale of United States military equipment to foreign governments in 2024 surged 29 percent to a record $318.7bn, the US State Department said, a figure that includes the sale of jet fighters worth $18.8bn to Israel […]
Portraits of Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Dr. Carter G. Woodson Public domain/Library of Congress SPECIAL EVENTS Saturday, February 1, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm “Walk with Dr. Woodson: An Annual D.C. Tradition!” at Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS (1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005). Walk literally in the footsteps of the […]
Amber Glenn defended her title as the US figure skating championships on Friday night, landing a massive triple axel early in the program and then watching in stressful anticipation as Alysa Liu came up just short of surpassing her. Glenn scored 216.79 points while Liu, the two-time national champ in the midst of a comeback […]
Before a preseason game on September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem to call attention to issues of racial inequality and police brutality—a protest that continues to stir intense debate. For decades, American athletes have used their platforms for protests. Here are some of the more notable examples. 1. […]
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly breaking down racial barriers during […]
A woman from Washington state has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, where authorities had for days been watching her and a German companion who also died in the roadside shootout. The FBI announced the arrest of Teresa Youngblut, 21, on Friday, four days after […]
Detroit sports fans will get a chance to buy discounted and coveted tickets as part of Black Friday sales, Ilitch Sports + Entertainment announced in a news release Wednesday. Detroit Red Wings fans can get 20% off select single-game tickets for the rest of the 2024-25 season starting today, according to the news release. The […]
A growing and significant body of research suggests that students benefit from having a teacher of the same race or ethnicity. Yet most teachers in the U.S. are white women. St. Louis entrepreneur Angelica Harris knows the effects of diversity in education firsthand. It wasn’t until she attended college at Washington University that she had […]