Greta Thunberg: Saving the Climate Means Changing How We Live
“The American way of life is not up for negotiation. Period.” These are the words of U.S. President George H. W. Bush ahead of the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio…
‘We have to be here fighting’: Deborah Lipstadt opens up on her Poland-Germany trip with Douglas Emhoff
Toby Axelrod - February 9, 2023 3:46 pm BERLIN (JTA) — Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff made headlines late last month during a trip to Europe, where he met with other foreign…
Historian sheds new light on a famous story about Abraham Lincoln and a New York cantor
Andrew Silow-Carroll - February 8, 2023 1:07 pm (New York Jewish Week) — A new book untangles one of the best known incidents involving Jews in the American Civil War —…
A hospital-turned-church-turned-bar in Spain revealed as medieval synagogue
Orge Castellano - February 9, 2023 2:31 pm MADRID (JTA) — Archaeologists working in a town in southwestern Spain have excavated a 14th-century Sephardic synagogue, revealing a fully intact floor plan…
What Black adoptees want white parents to know about transracial adoption
Black adults who were adopted by white families share their perspectives on identity, culture and a sense of belonging. Some of Lydia Berkey’s happiest childhood moments were spent in a…
Tyre Nichols’s death renewed push for George Floyd Act. What’s in it?
After video footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols stunned the nation, calls to revive the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act are growing louder. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) plans…
Oil refineries release lots of water pollution near communities of color, data show
Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution annually into waterways, and that pollution disproportionately affects people of color, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency regulatory data. The pollution…
Virginia tribal lands, historical sites to be protected with new state grant program
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Historic Resources is gearing up to launch a new grant opportunity that will help preserve historic sites with important connections to underserved…
For Black History Month, a look at what Black Americans say is needed to overcome racial inequality
Black History Month originated in 1926 as Negro History Week. Created by Carter G. Woodson, a Black historian and journalist, the week celebrated the achievements of Black Americans following their emancipation from…
Opinion What more education on racial issues taught me
You shouldn’t have to live in a blue state to learn or teach America’s racial history in an honest way. But that’s where America seems to be heading — a…