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Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal government from collecting personal health data related to autism, a direct rebuke to the Trump administration. Pritzker, a Democrat who has been one of the more vocal critics of Donald Trump . . .
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, The Associated Press has learned. Four people with direct knowledge of the matter told the AP about the policy, which was put into . […]
People stand in the security queue at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, US, on September 4, 2021. KIRBY LEE / AP The French government said on Wednesday, March 19, that a French researcher had been denied entry to the United States and sent back to France because he had expressed a “personal opinion” on […]
Michelle Obama excoriated Donald Trump in strikingly personal terms on Saturday, asking rally-goers in Michigan why Kamala Harris was being held to a higher standard than her opponent, citing his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and his efforts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election. “I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m a […]
“Now we’re cooking.” Names whisked by as Brian Sheffey excitedly scrolled through the 1870 U.S. census on a large projector to find what he was looking for: a 13-year-old boy living in Alabama named Daniel, whose family included his father, Chance, his mother, Viney, and four brothers and sisters. Chance farmed. Neither parent, the census […]
CNN — Sean Webb didn’t expect to be sitting at his keyboard, sharing painful childhood memories. But that’s what the 35-year-old employment specialist in Denver found himself doing recently.
How Black adults define personal and financial success, and the pressures they feel to achieve their goals (skynesher/Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted this study to explore Black Americans’ views on personal and financial success in the United States and their current assessments of their financial situation. We surveyed 4,736 U.S. adults who identify as […]
Let me begin by stating the obvious: images in U.S. media—not just images of Black people, but all images—are highly influenced by the political conditions of the times. Moreover, Black images have not been and still are not controlled by Black producers, and, therefore, these images were created to serve the psychic purposes of those […]
How Black adults define personal and financial success, and the pressures they feel to achieve their goals (skynesher/Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted this study to explore Black Americans’ views on personal and financial success in the United States and their current assessments of their financial situation. We surveyed 4,736 U.S. adults who identify as […]
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