“The simplest thing to do in technology when you get a virus is you disconnect your computer." So that's what Starr County did: disconnect itself. As the coronavirus was beginning its mad…
"I'm tired of hearing about the money. I want to see the money," said one African American owner of a small business. Many black-owned small businesses are having trouble accessing…
47 million women in low and middle-income countries will be unable to use modern contraceptives due to the ongoing lockdowns, according to latest UN data. United Nations: Some seven million unintended…
A three month lockdown could result in an additional 15 million cases of domestic abuse globally, says UNFPA Coronavirus is changing the world in unprecedented ways. Subscribe here for a daily briefing…
s Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) moves to reopen more businesses, a new study underscores the disproportionate toll the virus has taken on the state’s African American population. Surveying eight…
https://vimeo.com/597256943?ref=em-share Looking back at his legacy in a new light, one of Israel's most venerated but complex and controversial leaders receives an incisive portrait. Menachem Begin was a proud pillar…
Punitive responses will just burden those who have already been hit hard by the coronavirus. This month, Philadelphia transit police officers violently forced a man off a bus for not wearing a…
For the first time in decades, a federal court has declared that American public school students have a constitutional right to an adequate education. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals…
Since the White House announced this “historic public-private partnership,” 63 sites have opened nationwide. Just eight are in black neighborhoods. Adarra Benjamin, a 26-year-old black home care worker in Chicago,…
Most high school seniors hope to be accepted by their top two or three choices for college. Craig McFarland, 18, of Jacksonville, Florida, aimed particularly high and wide, and was…