Updated: 07-14-2020 4:45 AM EST The Palestinian Authority (PA) has arrested at least six Palestinians for speaking their mind on the matter of Israel's plan to apply its laws to…
Nearly 60 years ago, 16-year-old Rodney Hurst led a group of 33 Black teenagers in a peaceful sit-in to integrate a “whites only” lunch counter at a department store in…
Vanity Fair has commissioned a Black photographer to shoot its cover for the first time in its 37-year history, an overdue step for a magazine that has long weathered criticism for a…
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Amanda Zahui B. wanted to rush back to the U.S. after George Floyd’s death. But she realized there was work to be done back home.…
He was a passionate Jesse Jackson delegate at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and, later, a mentor to future politicians like Senator Cory Booker. The political science professor Lucius J.…
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — As the coronavirus ripped through the Navajo Nation, it spotlighted longstanding inequities on the reservation where thousands of tribal members travel long distances for medical care,…
https://vimeo.com/560601411 From Kim A. Snyder, director of the Peabody Award-winning documentary Newtown, comes an insightful, rousing coming-of-age story of a generation of youth leaders determined to take the reins and fight for…
The regulation was the latest attempt to undermine the “contraception mandate,” a signature initiative of the Obama administration. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Trump administration regulation…
Kenya has halted imports of secondhand clothes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The move limits fashion selection, but opens doors for the country’s designers and manufacturers. NAIROBI, Kenya…
The government hailed the temple as a sign of Pakistan’s growing tolerance under Prime Minister Imran Khan. But pressure from clerics mounted, and the government gave in. A Hindu temple…