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WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida begins a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday aiming to spotlight shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the Pacific and at a rare moment of public difference between the two nations over a Japanese company’s plan to buy an iconic U.S. company. Kishida […]
Johnson is a United Methodist pastor, the author of “Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community” (Abingdon Press, 2017) and program director for the Bridge Alliance, which houses The Fulcrum. Amid the backdrop of an imminent presidential election, geopolitical discord and tensions within our democratic republic, I take a . . .
In late December 2019, eight pages of genetic code were sent to computers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Unbeknown to American officials at the time, the genetic map that had landed on their doorstep contained critical clues about the virus that would soon touch off a pandemic. The genetic code, submitted […]
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, from December 13-15 in Washington DC, highlighted the U.S. commitment to expanding and deepening our partnership with African countries, institutions, and people. Our world is quickly changing, and U.S. engagement in Africa must evolve accordingly. African leadership and contributions are essential to addressing today’s pressing challenges and achieving shared priorities. The […]
Black Americans can often feel as though our experience in the United States is like nowhere else in the world, and to a large extent, that’s true: from our style to our dances to the unique type of discrimination we push through . . .
Twenty years into her journey as a Catholic, in 2020, Marcia Lane-McGee found out that her baptism might be invalid. An adult convert to Catholicism who was confirmed after she completed an RCIA program after being raised in the Pentecostal faith, Lane-McGee found out her earlier baptism might not suffice, since it did not use […]
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – The United States has made its concerns known to the Cuban government about Cuba hosting Chinese spy operations on its territory, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday. Kirby said the bilateral relationship with China was tense at the moment, but President Joe Biden was committed to keeping the […]
U.S.-GREECE RELATIONS The United States views Greece as an indispensable partner and key North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ally supporting NATO’s southeastern flank. Together, we are advancing our shared goals, united by democratic values, for peace and prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean, Western Balkans, Black Sea region, and beyond. The United States and Greece launched […]
In 1803, 75 enslaved Igbo Africans, mostly from an area that is now known as Nigeria, were brought to the United States where they were sold to work on plantations along the Georgia coast, according to the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The enslaved Africans were then put on the York, a […]
Dr. Bunmi Fatoye, Medical Officer of Health / Physician “I remember feeling like a lone ranger. There were maybe six Black physicians that I knew of when I first came to Manitoba; that’s it. It wasn’t easy.” My professional journey began in Nigeria, where I completed medical school before coming to Canada as an International […]