In Hollywood, Harriet Tubman is played in a new movie by a black British woman, much to the annoyance of some black Americans. On the U.S. census, an ultrawealthy Nigerian immigrant and a struggling African American woman from the South are expected to check the same box. When many American universities tout their diversity numbers, black students who were born in the Bronx and the Bahamas are counted as the same.
In Hollywood, Harriet Tubman is played in a new movie by a black British woman, much to the annoyance of some black Americans. On the U.S. census, an ultrawealthy Nigerian immigrant and a struggling African American woman from the South are expected to check the same box. When many U.S. universities tout their diversity numbers, black students who were born in the Bronx, New York, and the Bahamas are counted as the same.
After weeks of mounting pressure, Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore resigned Thursday amid a widening scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of children’s books that she wrote and sold to the University of Maryland Medical System while serving on its board of directors.
After weeks of mounting pressure, Mayor Catherine Pugh of Baltimore resigned Thursday amid a widening scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of children’s books that she wrote and sold to the University of Maryland Medical System while serving on its board of directors.
MANASSAS, Va. — When the state of Virginia recently struck a deal with U.S. microchip maker Micron to expand in Manassas, both Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, and the local mayor, Hal Parrish, a Republican, attended a ceremony celebrating the news.
Within days of Donald Trump’s election, a diverse group of women united by their concern about the incoming administration gathered at a restaurant in New York to plan a protest march in Washington. They had seen the idea floating on Facebook and wanted to turn it into a reality.
Within days of Donald Trump’s election, a diverse group of women united by their concern about the incoming administration gathered at a restaurant in New York to plan a protest march in Washington. They had seen the idea floating on Facebook and wanted to turn it into a reality.
Three leaders of the Women’s March on Washington who helped organize one of the largest mass mobilizations in United States history following the inauguration of Donald Trump have stepped down from the organization’s board after years of controversy.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Of the seven funerals, Albert Mazza Jr.’s was the last. It seemed fitting, since he had been their leader. A few years ago, he had helped establish the Jarheads Motorcycle Club, a motley crew of honorably discharged Marines who raise money for veterans in need.
Now the authorities and store owners across the country are wrestling with how to stop a series of copycat videos made by people committing the same crime.
Prosecutors in Alabama said Wednesday that they were dropping a manslaughter charge against a woman over the death of the fetus she was carrying when she was shot in the belly, in a case that stirred national outrage.
PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. — In the days since police officers arrested Marshae Jones, saying she had started a fight that resulted in her unborn baby getting fatally shot, the hate mail has poured in.
More than a year has passed since the resignation of Jorge Domínguez, a Harvard government professor who was accused of sexually harassing more than a dozen female students and junior faculty members over decades.
Instead, he blasted the deal on social media as “corrupt,” noting that it gave the well-off company $70 million in government grants to create 1,100 jobs.
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