Tag: inequities

Julia Ma did something last week that the majority of people in the United States cannot: she received an authorized second COVID-19 booster shot...

The looming Supreme Court abortion decision, an increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border, and the midterm elections are all potential triggers for extremist...

The Supreme Court issued its decision in a major case involving whether there is a fundamental right to carry a concealed handgun outside the...

After the jury was unable to come to a conclusion in the Danny Masterson rape case, the judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday. The "That...

The official seal of Atlanta depicts a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn't show is that Atlanta was...

The Manele family in Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, prepares for a typical Monday night dinner as coconut crabs roast on...

President Biden's student loan forgiveness program has been halted by a federal judge in Texas, putting the administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000...

Which of America's space agencies will return American astronauts to the moon? The short answer is SpaceX, which won a $2.9 billion contract from...

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, former Vice President Mike Pence says abortion should be banned nationwide and is planning...

Former President Donald Trump returned to campaign mode with a vengeance Saturday night, vowing at a rally in Ohio that Republicans would retake Congress,...

The 2020 census was planned well in advance to ensure that Native Americans living on reservations were counted more accurately than they were in...

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the legal and cultural battles over abortion that have raged for decades in the United States...

In an Atlanta courtroom on Friday, a potentially precedent-setting disqualification hearing is underway to determine whether Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is...

Outside, John Acevedo heard a commotion. Perhaps not so unusual for a New Yorker, but unheard of in his Sunset Park, Brooklyn, neighborhood, which is...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the White House on Thursday, detailing a dramatic US raid overnight in Syria that he claimed killed the...

Misha Sanders was starting from scratch. She had recently left an abusive relationship and was in her first semester of seminary, all while caring...

At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind of...

NASA and Russia's space agency changed the course of the International Space Station (ISS) to avoid colliding with debris that was heading in the...

If legislation to establish an independent commission fails in the Senate, key Democratic chairmen in both chambers of Congress are reluctant to launch committee...

A crack in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee for three months likely began...

Oklahoma is set to execute Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man convicted of the murder of his 9-month-old daughter, on Thursday, continuing a string of...

Critics argue that a new Texas law restricting abortions to a brief window around six weeks after conception is both extremely restrictive and extremely...

One autumn morning in 2003, Federal Park Police stormed into an apartment four miles east of the United States Capitol. Police discovered a semi-automatic...

Freddy Fernandez was almost not here, sitting on his couch in his Missouri home with his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse...

A Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West visited the suburban home of Ruby Freeman, a terrified Georgia election worker who was facing death...

Francis slammed the spread of the old Latin Mass on Friday, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI's signature decisions in a major challenge to...

When a person or persons belonging to any nationality wish to go outside their own country for some reason, one of the first things...

President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in which he said his message to migrants was...

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been working for nearly a year,...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he would "absolutely" support former President Donald Trump if he became the GOP presidential nominee in 2024.  Just...

After months of quarantine, parts of Southeast Asia are abandoning their "zero-Covid" policy and preparing to live with the virus, despite experts' warnings that...

Scientists reported in a new study published Thursday that human-caused climate change has disrupted a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, including...

As a water crisis persists in Jackson, Mississippi, where residents' faucets are receiving brown water or nothing at all, authorities are scrambling to bring...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new guidance has thrown Congress into disarray and sparked debate over a central question: to mask...

Former President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon said Tuesday that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York...

In what could be the biggest head-turning move so far in Biden’s presidency, the new President has vowed to legalize over 11 million immigrants...

In the face of intense public pressure, Uvalde's top school official has recommended firing the school district police chief, who was central to the...

Japan is a very popular destination for travelers and is visited by people from all over the world. It is a country full of...

Due to the nature of the Democrat-led Senate, many Student Loan experts believe there will be quick and direct action from Biden in order...

President Joe Biden issued an emergency order Monday to increase solar panel manufacturing in the United States and declared a two-year tariff exemption on...

Georgia lawmakers took up a bill to regulate raw milk with time running out in the 2022 legislative session. An amendment was abruptly tacked onto...

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the city of Boston violated the Constitution by refusing to allow a local organization to fly...

Camila Cabello is the most recent celebrity to speak out in support of Cuba's ongoing protests. Over the weekend, the singer took to TikTok to...

Russia will run out of weapons before Ukraine, according to the UK defense minister, because Russia is isolated and cut off from the global...

It was once a luxurious five-star resort floating directly above Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It now sits dilapidated in a North Korean port, a...

In June, approximately 20 engineers were invited to a meeting at the headquarters of rocket manufacturer SpaceX. Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday that agents are conducting a human smuggling investigation and were at the scene of a devastating crash in...

As a result of his life becoming a "living hell" for defying coronavirus lockdown orders and the "scientific clerisy" during the pandemic, a medical...

A possible solution to the global sand shortage began over a bottle of wine, as do many crazy ideas. As they sipped their "two-buck Chuck"...

Travis Scott's offer to pay for the funeral of the youngest person to die as a result of attending his Astroworld Festival was turned...

Moderna announced preliminary findings on an updated coronavirus vaccine targeting the Omicron variant on Wednesday, calling it "our lead candidate" for a fall booster...

There is no denying it: global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather. This means hotter heat waves, drier droughts, bigger...

Deshaun Watson, the Cleveland Browns quarterback accused of sexual misconduct during massage treatments by more than a dozen women, was suspended for six games...

The Summer Olympics are just around the corner and, for the first time since 2000, Jamaican sprinting superstar Usain Bolt won't be on the track. It's...

If it's Monday, President Biden says he'll meet with Putin "in principle" if Russia doesn't invade Ukraine. The United States warns that Russia has...

The Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 is an excellent way to track the health of the American economy. The S&P 500, also known as...

Climate change isn't the reason that some coal-fired power plants in the United States are closing down. It is the cost of tighter pollution...

Daniel Smith, an American civil rights activist and the son of a former slave, died at the age of 90, according to his wife....

North Korea said Thursday it will ignore a U.S. offer for talks unless it withdraws its hostile policy, after Washington reached out to Pyongyang...

Having a good credit score and history is just as important today as it has ever been, especially since the current economic climate that...

As Ukrainian and Western officials responded to discoveries of mass graves and streets littered with the bodies of dead civilians after Russia's retreat from...

Stanford University apologized on Wednesday for limiting Jewish student admissions during the 1950s, a practice the university had long denied. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne issued...

When the dew on Adam Thomas's Illinois farm evaporates in the morning, he begins harvesting soybeans. Dry weather accelerated the work this year, allowing...

An overwhelmingly White jury will deliberate on murder charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, after the defense excluded 11 of the 12 Black...

Postal workers, who are excited about the prospect of making deliveries in modern, comfortable, and environmentally friendly vehicles, are still driving their aging, spartan...

In 2014 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote that a "dreamy business offering" holds at minimum four elements: "Customers love it, it can grow to...

After a protest at their graduation went viral, dozens of students at a private Christian university in Washington drew national attention to their school...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s  tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey was certainly unprecedented- but so was Prince William’s recent response. In the interview, Markle,...

According to Western officials, more than 40,000 of Vladimir Putin's troops have been wounded in action in Ukraine since the conflict began more than...

Make room in the market for a new competitor to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space, which went public with...

Fadel Alkilani stood by a pile of trash bags filled with American flags on a patch of grass at Washington University in St. Louis...

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, many US national security officials and analysts predicted that Ukraine's military would be able to hold out...

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III met with reporters nearly 48 hours after leaving Washington on what...

The mayor of Nice, France, unveiled Israel's flag at city hall after supporting a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions. "In the face...

Separate requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block the use of new congressional maps adopted by state courts for the 2022...

Five students and their mothers from Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, filed a federal lawsuit against the Floyd County School District, alleging racial...

More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines have been distributed globally as countries race to contain the virulent Delta variant that is fueling outbreaks all...

"I feel Qatari today. I feel Arab today. My current mood is African. I feel gay today. I feel unable today. Gianni Infantino, the...

Brazil’s rampant coronavirus outbreak has become a global threat that risks spawning new and even more lethal variants, one of the South American country’s...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued broad new directives to immigration officers on Thursday, stating that being an undocumented immigrant "should not alone be...