Tag: Race
Some workers would be excluded from student loan forgiveness program for ‘illegal’ activity
WASHINGTON – Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program if the Trump...
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
“Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,” Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent tour of China’s AI...
Trump plans to sign an order requiring colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring colleges to submit data to prove they do not consider race in...
Trump’s push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred
BETHEL, Alaska – Fish camps still dot the banks of the broad Kuskokwim River in southwestern Alaska. Wooden huts and tarped shelters stand beside...
Restoration of torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10 million over 2 years, military says
ARLINGTON, Va. – Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly...
Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it
WASHINGTON – The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from...
The Voting Rights Act marks its 60th anniversary as its core provisions are being eroded
WASHINGTON – Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther...
Toppled Confederate statue in DC to be replaced in line with Trump’s executive order
WASHINGTON – A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled by protesters in Washington in 2020 will be restored and replaced this fall,...
The Supreme Court just revealed its plan to make gerrymandering even worse
One of the biggest mysteries that has emerged from the Trump-era Supreme Court is the 2023 decision in Allen v. Milligan.In Milligan, two of...
How Americans’ views of racial discrimination have shifted since 2021, according to AP-NORC polling
WASHINGTON – Slightly less than half of U.S. adults believe that Black people face “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of discrimination in...
