The Niagara Movement
“Declaration of Principles” The Niagara Movement called for the immediate end of segregation and full civil and political rights for African Americans. Members were committed to serving as an organization…
Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and…
For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site
In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity Text by Alastair Lee Bitsóí The Canyon de Chelly National Monument, on…
A child's arm is broken.Child with a fractured limb indoors. fracture injury in the summer holiday. Kid is moving fingers in plaster cast on the arm
Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits Higher Among Children with ADHD, ASD
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or both have higher rates of injury-related emergency department visits than children without either disorder, a study in JAMA Network Open has found. However, the…
How Can the Brain Overcome Fear? New Study of Mice Offers Clues to PTSD and Anxiety Treatment
Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators Sara Hashemi February 11, 2025 Humans have certain instinctive fear reactions…
Earth’s core may be changing shape – and it has scientists puzzled
Strange changes to seismic waves deep under the planet could reveal unusual activity in the Earth's core. February 10, 2025 It's not unusual for the Earth's core to change its…
Generations later, a remedy to destroying Black neighborhoods is fulfilled in Michigan
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of Black residents. Decades later,…
Native American group calls Commanders name change ‘degrading’ and demands action
The debate surrounding the Washington Commanders' name change continues, with a Native American group, the Native American Guardian's Association (NAGA), issuing a strongly worded statement criticizing the team's new moniker and…
Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city Joost Bastmeijer, Saskia Houttuin and Mark Townsend Prisoners flee as Goma’s Munzenze prison…
The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight blazes. ...for heroically saving people and buildings from fires. Even…