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UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Laila Edwards became the first Black player to score for the United States women’s hockey team with two goals, Alex Carpenter scored three times and the Americans routed Czechia 6-0 on Friday night at the Women’s World Championship. Edwards and Carpenter each scored 59 seconds apart to make it 3-0 with […]
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Laila Edwards became the first Black player to score for the United States women’s hockey team with two goals, Alex Carpenter scored three times and the Americans routed Czechia 6-0 at the Women’s World Championship. Edwards and Carpenter each scored 59 seconds apart to make it 3-0 with 2:31 left in […]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tyler Adams stood on the field cradling 2-month-old son Jax, a wide smile on his face. The 25-year-old midfielder had just scored the goal of his life, propelling the United States to a 2-0 win over Mexico on Sunday night and the Americans’ third straight CONCACAF Nations League title. “People have […]
Alvin Dyer got his first Black history lesson riding in the back seat of his dad’s car while touring Memphis, Tennessee, when he was just 10. “That’s the very spot where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated,” Dyer’s father told him and his older brother, pointing to the Lorraine Motel, where King was […]
Photo by Nora Yinuo Chen The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2015 to 2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent, with national, regional, and global actions. As proclaimed by the General Assembly, the theme for the International Decade is “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development.” Among the objectives of the […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. PwC has dropped some of its diversity targets in the US and opened up previously off-limits scholarships to white students after pressure from rightwing activists and a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. The Big […]
Embracing the vilest forms of terrorism as a means of destroying Israel is a feature, not a bug, of revolutionary “decolonization.” Israel must be destroyed, groups such as Black Lives Matter say, because it is a white settler, white supremacist state (which is also how they see us, so consider yourself warned). This endorsement of […]
I’m from Long Beach, California, an incredibly diverse and urban coastal city. It is truly a melting pot of cultures, with a large and vibrant settlement of Filipinx and Hispanic people. My friends throughout middle and high school came from these backgrounds, among others. They taught me how beautiful of an experience it is to […]
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very much. It is wonderful to be back here at the New York Public Library. And I have to say at the outset that I very much share my good friend and colleague James Cleverly’s sense of optimism. It is an occupational hazard. In fact, I think we’re both […]
Women play a critical role in biodiversity conservation. Globally, their contributions range from agricultural labour and working on nature reserves through to running environmental organisations and crafting international policies. However, women who are dedicated to protecting biodiversity face violence. According to a 2020 report from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which […]