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Listen to article (2 minutes) EVANSTON, Ill.— School leaders in this college town just north of Chicago have been battling a sizable academic achievement gap between Black, Latino and white students for decades. So a few years ago, the school district decided to try something new at the high . . .
Black families are closing the US wealth gap, but still lag far behind other groups in net worth. Since the end of 2019, the average net worth for Black households rose 32% through the third quarter of last year, according to a Wells Fargo & Co. report. That compares with a 21% increase for non-Black households. […]
The attack on Paul Pelosi was no surprise, if you were following far-right rhetoric in the United States, except for the hammer. In American vigilante fantasies and actual attacks by far-right extremists, a lone man usually brings powerful, frightening opponents to heel with a gun. Attacker David DePape’s thoughts – from what he told Paul […]
In late October, the angle of an adjustable ramp connecting the shore of the Mississippi River to a casino riverboat made it easy to see how low water levels had dropped in south-east Missouri. The downward slope also resembled the population decline in the surrounding town, Caruthersville, over the last decade. The Century Casino Caruthersville […]
Oil pushed higher after a government report showed U.S. crude inventories dropped, while storm damage to a vital Black Sea export terminal worsened supply risks. West Texas Intermediate futures topped US$115 a barrel after the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that crude stockpiles fell 2.51 million barrels last week. Prices were already rising on […]
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