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When it comes to commercial real estate ownership in majority-Black neighborhoods, Black business owners are often systemically excluded from the economic benefits such ownership can generate, while other investors amass control over profits and the trajectory of neighborhood development. “There is an assumption that [small business owners] can pay rent in South LA but cannot […]
Since receiving $100 million plus in funding in 2016, the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of organizations and groups aimed to set a collective strategic policy agenda to create racial equity for Black people across the United States, has come under increased scrutiny regarding property purchases and potential financial mismanagement within the Black Lives […]
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services … [+] participates in Addressing the Mental Health Crisis conversation during 2022 Concordia Americas Summit (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Concordia Summit) Getty Images for Concordia Summit As President Biden’s U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy reprised his […]
This commentary is by Narain Batra, a media and First Amendment scholar affiliated with the diplomacy and international program in the graduate college at Norwich University. He lives in Hartford. Joy to the world! Freedom is rising. On Dec. 6, we saw another embodiment of what the American dream is made of: A woman once […]
It has been one year since Congress passed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates Black Americans’ freedom from centuries of slavery, celebrating the arrival of the Union Army in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation for those enslaved in former . . .
The Milky Way’s black hole, Sagittarius A* Abhishek Joshi / UIUC Black holes keep their secrets close. They imprison forever anything that enters. Light itself can’t escape a black hole’s hungry pull. It would seem, then, that a black hole should be invisible — and taking its picture impossible. So great fanfare accompanied the release […]
CNN — Yale and Harvard law schools, two of the premier law schools in the country, have each held a spot on the U.S. News & World Report’s list of best law schools for decades. Now, the schools are bowing out.
CNN — The smallest acts of kindness can have the biggest impact on the world, and these 10 men and women are shining examples of that. They are this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes, and each honoree will receive a $10,000 prize . . .
Comment on this story Comment A movement to deny legitimate election results is thriving, and this worries experts who study democracy. What kind of pressure is that movement putting on our system, and what does it mean for your vote in this November’s midterm elections and potentially future ones?
Strategists and money managers are bracing for bigger steps toward an untangling of U.S.-China ties in critical sectors as the two countries settle into a less harmonious relationship. Chinese leader Xi Jinping cemented his power with a third term this weekend as the Chinese Communist Party selected top leadership spots. That will allow him to […]