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Here are your rugby morning headlines for Saturday 1 April. Ex-Wales U20s wing signs for Ospreys as injury cover Ospreys have signed former Wales Under-20 wing Harri Doel as injury cover for Alex Cuthbert until the end of the season. Wales wing Cuthbert was ruled out of his nation’s final two 2023 Six Nations games […]
The writer Toni Morrison said shortly before her death that “history has always proved that books are the first plain on which certain battles are fought.” As the Emory community celebrates Black History Month, the nation is fighting a battle over history, facts and whose experiences are allowed to show up in classrooms — from […]
WASHINGTON — People of color have been disproportionately hurt by the economic disruptions caused by global trade, as a trend toward offshoring and globalization in recent decades prompted U.S. factories to relocate abroad, according to a newly released report from a government trade agency. The report, issued on Monday by the U.S. International Trade Commission […]
There are similarities between William Henry West, the Black police officer who arrested President Grant, and the current Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who has filed charges against former President Trump. While these events are separated by time and context, they share significant similarities that are worth exploring. William Henry West (September 1842 – September […]
In her now viral MSNBC interview with host Ari Melber, the legendary Erykah Badu addressed how conservatives
For the first time, astronomers have spotted a jet blasting from the core of a distant galaxy that has changed directions. About 1% of the supermassive black holes, which reside at the center of most galaxies, have disks of gas and dust swirling around them. Debris from this disk that ventures toward growing black holes […]
A developer has dropped plans to purchase a 100-acre property from the local school system in a historically Black town in Florida following public outcry that the deal threatened the cultural heritage of the community made famous by Harlem Renaissance… March 31, 2023, 3:54 PM ET • 2 min read EATONVILLE, Fla. — A developer […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Tensions erupted Friday as the majority-white and Republican-controlled Mississippi House passed the final version of a bill to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside the capital city of Jackson, which is majority-Black and governed by Democrats. Supporters say the proposal is intended to increase safety in the city […]
The U.S. Army on Friday identified the nine soldiers killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Wednesday evening. The U.S. service members were aboard two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission when the incident occurred, the Army said in a news release. Five crew members […]
Adidas has withdrawn a request to US authorities to block the Black Lives Matter movement from trademarking a design featuring three parallel stripes. The German sportswear company had said in a filing on Monday that the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation design would create . . .