Gun deaths surged during the pandemic’s first year, the C.D.C. reports
Soaring rates were driven largely by gun-related homicides, which rose 35 percent from 2019 to 2020. Re-post from New York Times The rate of gun-related homicides in the United States reached its highest level in over 25 years in 2020, but experts are still not certain why. Credit...Bryan Anselm for The New York Times Gun deaths reached the highest number ever recorded in the United States in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, as gun-related...
Exploitation of African American women continues: The Washington Post
Re-post from North American News LOS ANGELES, May 7 (Xinhua) -- "The exploitation of Black women continues," according to an article recently published on the website of the U.S. newspaper The Washington Post. The writer, Eddie Neal, noted in a letter to the newspaper's editors that "the spectrum of African American skin color results from the rape of Black women during and following the slave era." "As an amateur genealogist tracking my Black ancestors in...
Historic African American Bellevue at Serious Risk to Development
... few remaining historically African American maritime communities in ... funded by the African American Heritage Preservation Program, ... educational experience in African American History on ... few remaining historically African American maritime communities. This ...
The story of Germany’s national anthem
... protests against police brutality towards African Americans. Professional football player Colin Kaepernic ...
Senate Begins Probe: Embattled U.S. prison system target
by Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the Bureau of Prisons following reporting by The Associated Press that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons. The working group, being led by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., is aimed at developing policies and proposals to strengthen oversight of the beleaguered federal...
The Road to the U.S. Supreme Court
President Joe Biden announces that he would like to choose a Black woman to replace Justice Stephen Breyer.
