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A Democratic congresswoman is calling for black Americans to be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations — though she admitted that the plan may not work because many poorer black people “aren’t really paying taxes in the first place.” Jasmine Crockett, a freshman representative from Texas, said she heard a celebrity — […]
Politics By Melissa Koenig Published April 10, 2024 Updated April 10, 2024, 8:03 a.m. ET A Democratic congresswoman is calling for black Americans to be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations — though she admitted that the plan may not work because many poorer black people “aren’t really paying taxes in the […]
Survey by Singapore-based think tank points to Beijing’s growing influence in the region. Taipei, Taiwan – More than half of people in Southeast Asia would side with China over the United States if forced to choose, a survey has found, underscoring Beijing’s growing influence in the region. In the State of Southeast Asia 2024 survey […]
Netanyahu’s ability to stay in power may be in doubt, according to an annual assessment of worldwide threats from the U.S. intelligence community. The assessment suggested that a more moderate government could end up succeeding his hard-line coalition. “Netanyahu’s viability as leader as well as his governing coalition of far-right and ultraorthodox parties that pursued […]
“Distrust of Netanyahu’s ability to rule has deepened and broadened across the public from its already high levels before the war, and we expect large protests demanding his resignation and new elections,” the report stated. The assessment coincides with growing tension between the Biden administration and Netanyahu’s government, with the White House expressing alarm over […]
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia kept returning to one message over and over in his meandering, two-hour interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson: Russia wants to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine, albeit on the Kremlin’s terms. That message seemed aimed at the American right and Republicans in Congress, with an […]
In a recent study from the USA now published in the journal Neurology, Black people consistently had a higher rate of stroke than white people over a 22-year period. The same study also found that the average age of Black people experiencing stroke was nearly 10 years younger than that of white people—an inequity that […]
Topline The implementation of generative artificial intelligence in the workplace, such as automated customer and employee support roles and AI-generated coding programs, could widen the racial wealth gap between Black households and white households in the U.S. some $43 billion by 2045,
Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature. From a report: At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a memory that cannot be controlled. It may intrude on everyday activity, thrusting a person into the middle of a horrifying event, or […]
Because names are among the first things you learn about someone, they can influence first impressions. That this is particularly true for names associated with Black people came to light in 2004 with the release of a study that found employers seeing identical resumes were 50% more likely to call back an applicant with