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BANGOR, Maine — According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data, Black Mainers only make up about two percent of Maine’s total population, which often makes it harder for African Americans living in Maine to build a sense of community with each other. Because there is such a low population of Black people scattered […]
For Black and Caribbean Americans, so much of the meaning of home has been ruptured because of slavery and what happens when people are forcibly uprooted from their homes. Descendants from enslaved Africans
For Black and Caribbean Americans, so much of the meaning of home has been ruptured because of slavery and what happens when people are forcibly uprooted from their homes. Descendants from enslaved Africans
The Generosity Commission is a self-appointed, nondemocratic, and publicly unaccountable group of philanthropic elites vexed by the decline in charitable giving and volunteerism among average Americans. Organized in 2021 under the auspices of the Giving USA Foundation and funded by America’s wealthiest foundations, charitable investment banks, and for-profit fundraising and charitable-data corporations, the Commission plans to […]
Thirsty engines and black smoke Stopping the black smoke from diesel engines will reduce your fuel consumption. Photo credit: Shutterstock Why does a Nissan YD25 diesel consume a lot of fuel and produce black exhaust smoke?
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council. They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic-but-meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald […]
Brahma Chellaney is professor emeritus of strategic studies at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi and a former adviser to India’s National Security Council. He is the author of nine books, including “Water: Asia’s New Battleground.” How does one explain the fact that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has made Bangladesh […]
Toluwalase Dayo-Olaide arrived at McMaster as a 16-year-old international student from Nigeria. His search for connection and community in his new country taught him a valuable life lesson he says he will take with him after he graduates from the Faculty of Science next month. Toluwalase Dayo-Olaide was only 16 when he came to study […]
Washington(CNN) Former first lady Michelle Obama said her family felt an enhanced sense of responsibility during their time in the White House as the first Black first family in American history. “It was no accident that the administration was scandal-free. It was no accident that … our children had to show up right in the […]
Thanks in large part to added gaming pumping up numbers, United States racing awarded record purses in 2022 of nearly $1.31 billion. One might even call the numbers “historical.” Putting aside the COVID-19 impacted year of 2020, it’s the third straight season that United States tracks have awarded record purses—and 2022 shattered last year’s mark. […]