PARIS — When Naomi Osaka lifts her racket on the red clay courts at Roland Garros during the Paris Olympics later this month, it’ll represent […]
Tag: Race and ethnicity
Judge approves referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning of island community
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge on Tuesday approved a referendum sought by residents of one of South’s last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants, ordering […]
Judge asked to block slave descendants’ effort to force a vote on zoning of their Georgia community
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia county has asked a judge to block a referendum sought by residents of one of the South’s last remaining Gullah-Geechee […]
Bernice Johnson Reagon, whose powerful voice helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, has died
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights […]
Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot
PHOENIX — The fight to keep a proposed border initiative off Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet. Immigrant advocates kept the issue alive […]
What Usha Vance’s rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu Americans
Usha Chilukuri Vance, entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Her […]
Biden is trying to sharpen the choice voters face in November as Republicans meet in Milwaukee
LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden returns to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of his Republican rival, former […]
Historically Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal
WALLACE, La. — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. […]
Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers
Michelle Mata wasn’t diagnosed with a mental illness until she was 23, after years of suffering. She knew very little about who to ask for […]
First victim of 1921 Tulsa massacre of Black community is identified since graves found, mayor says
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa […]