ep. Tom Stevens, D-Waterbury, is chair of the committee that created a bill that apologizes for Vermont’s eugenics movement. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a…
CNN — The Senate passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 on Monday night by unanimous consent. The bill, which would make lynching a federal hate crime, now heads…
NPR's Michel Martin visits the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, founded by attorney Bryan Stevenson, to memorialize the victims of lynchings that took place in the U.S. after the…
The ship was discovered at a depth of 10,000 feet, just four miles from its last known position The wreck of the Endurance, which carried explorer Ernest Shackleton to the…
President Putin has directly addressed the mothers of soldiers serving in Ukraine, telling them: "I know how worried you are" and trying to reassure them. But some mothers, grandmothers, sisters…
The United Nations has advised its communications staffers against using the terms “war” or “invasion” to describe Russia’s attack on Ukraine, according to a report out Tuesday that has some…
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has praised European countries welcoming people fleeing the war in Ukraine, whose numbers now surpass two million. “The response by Europe has been remarkable,” Filippo…
The Department of Defense will permanently close a World War II-era bulk fuel storage facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into the local drinking water supply last year, Defense Secretary…
The Senate on Monday night passed legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk. “After more than 200 failed attempts to outlaw lynching,…
In 1938, a Ukrainian-born grandmother created one of art's biggest shocks – but it was attributed to the US painter Jackson Pollock, writes Kelly Grovier. This is the way the…