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RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. opposition to an immediate cease-fire in Gaza came under repeated criticism during a two-day meeting of the chief diplomats of the world’s 20 largest economies in the latest sign of Washington’s isolation on the issue. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, the host of . . .
For Andrew, a black American living in China and teaching English for the past two years, life had been pretty good. “As a black foreigner, because China was closed for so long, there is a novelty about seeing foreigners,” he said. “It’s part of life that you just get used to here, and it’s never […]
The United States and the U.K. have been trying to counter the Houthis’ unrelenting attacks in the Red Sea for weeks now, striking at their missiles, radars, ground control, and command and control. But that strategy seems to be backfiring. The Houthis have not stopped their . . .
Americans are rightly frustrated with the humanitarian and administrative crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and in our cities, as 30 years of band-aid “fixes” to a broken immigration system have collapsed under the weight of record human displacement around the globe and across the Americas. Recent polling indicates that Americans across party lines agree that […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks on January 23 at UN Headquarters. Peter K. Afriyie/AP UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed a group to conduct an independent review of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the main UN agency in Gaza that provides humanitarian assistance for Palestinians. The independent external […]
It’s been dubbed the “most predictable crisis” facing the U.S. economy, but an expert has warned it will take a “miracle” to save America from its national debt problem. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of best-selling book The Black Swan, correctly predicted the 2008 financial crash but said “gloomy” times ahead for the U.S. economy […]
After years of mostly steady decline, the Black homeownership rate in the US saw its largest jump on record in the early days of the pandemic. Now, soaring borrowing costs and home prices threaten to erode those gains. Black Americans — who for decades in the mid-20th century were shut out of swaths . . […]
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he attends a “Sunday Lunch” at the Brookland Baptist Banquet Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28. Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images Various US politicians — from sitting elected officials to 2024 political hopefuls — have weighed in on the attack on the US military base in Jordan […]
For nearly 30 years, Boston University has led the largest and longest-running study of Black women’s health, shining a light on tragic disparities and showing women their lives matter Photo by KATE_SEPT2004/iStock For nearly 30 years, Boston University has led the largest and longest-running study of Black women’s health, shining a light on tragic disparities […]