For covid long-haulers, the pandemic is far from over
The end of the public health emergency leaves many fearful they will be forgotten Ever since January, when President Biden announced plans for a springtime end to the coronavirus public…
Experts call for ‘loss and damage’ fund for nature in developing world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHTkuU0LcsU Rich nations should pay for biodiversity loss, which disproportionately affects poor countries, say scientists Wealthy countries should pay for the loss and damage they cause to nature in poorer…
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2020, file photo, police officers stand beside a mural for George Floyd in the Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville during an anti-police brutality protest. In the last decade, high-profile police killings — including Floyd — have shaken the nation and led to widespread protests and calls for reform, including hiring more nonwhite and female officers. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
3 Years After George Floyd’s Death, Are Local Police as Diverse as Their Communities?
Of 105 agencies that provided demographic data and served “diverse” communities, 76 underrepresented the percentages of people of color in their communities by 10 points or more. Police officers stand…
US cities to pay record $80m to people injured in 2020 racial justice protests
Cities across the US have agreed to pay out a total of more than $80m in settlements to protesters injured by police during 2020 racial justice protests – a figure experts…
Commission holds first meeting to determine reparations in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City took its first steps Tuesday toward addressing the history of slavery and oppressive policies affecting Black people. City Council approved establishing a 13 member Mayor’s Commission…
Vermont forms reconciliation panel after eugenics apology
SHELBURNE — Two years ago, the Vermont Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies that started in the early 1900s and led…
How Should We Memorialize Those Lost in the War on Terror?
Americans have erected countless monuments to wars gone by. But how do we pay tribute to the fallen in a conflict that might never end? On my first deployment to…
With Their Knowledge Combined, Two Scholars Are Deciphering a Long-Lost Native Language
A historian and a linguist, working together, revealed new truths about the relationship between Spanish colonizers and the Timucua people In this page from Confessionario En lengua Castellana y Timuquana Con…
Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
High rates of asthma in black children linked to racist housing laws This story is part two of an AP series examining the health disparities experienced by Black Americans across a lifetime.…
‘He’s home’: Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient’s remains return to Georgia
The remains of a Medal of Honor recipient who died fighting in Korea went unidentified for 73 years. Today, Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story received a burial with military honors.…
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