Race and ethnicity

A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio

NEW YORK -- Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've been…

2 months ago

Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- On the eve of New Zealand’s Māori language celebration week, the country’s right-wing political leaders ordered…

2 months ago

MacKenzie Scott’s millions boost Native American nonprofits

The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings, no-hassle giving approach has proven particularly valuable to Native American nonprofits, whose history with…

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Book Review: Brathwaite flexes his writing chops and expands Black literary canon with debut ‘Rage’

There was a class at my university called Black Arts, Black Power. Lester Fabian Brathwaite’s “Rage” would fit snugly right…

2 months ago

Mel B joins a campaign calling for a new UK law to bar Afro hair discrimination

LONDON -- Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country's equality…

3 months ago

On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive

AURORA, Colo. -- She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was…

3 months ago

Takeaways from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s response to violence after George Floyd’s murder

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate has revived the…

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Sharp divisions persist over Walz’s response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS -- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest…

3 months ago

California governor vetoes bill to make immigrants without legal status eligible for home loans

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that could have made immigrants without legal status eligible…

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Turkey hopes to double its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion

SKOPJE, North Macedonia -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday his country hopes to boost its trade with North…

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Virginia’s conservative Black female lieutenant governor wants the top job

RICHMOND, Va. -- Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the first Black woman to hold statewide office in Virginia's long history, has…

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Behind the nonprofit helping a diverse new generation of culinary professionals heat up New York

NEW YORK -- A side of beef bigger than a classroom desktop sat before high school students huddled around a…

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China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate

WASHINGTON -- When he first emerged on social media, the user known as Harlan claimed to be a New Yorker…

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Navajo Nation adopts changes to tribal law regulating the transportation of uranium across its land

The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material…

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An Israeli labor court has ruled that a general strike observed Monday must end following a petition from the state

An Israeli labor court has ruled that a general strike observed Monday must end following a petition from the state

3 months ago

Being Black in Germany has never been easy. Elections in eastern states could make it harder still

ERFURT, Germany -- It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown,…

3 months ago

In Mexico, an Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through contemporary rap

MEXICO CITY -- Backstage at a celebration of Indigenous peoples in Mexico City's sprawling central square, Carlos CGH traced his…

3 months ago

Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee’s political maps discriminate against communities of color

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A federal judicial panel has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Tennessee's U.S. House maps and those for…

3 months ago

Black men emerge as key constituency in 2024 race

ATLANTA -- Every Monday evening, the Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA basement becomes a sanctuary for men who, local…

3 months ago

Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says

LOS ANGELES -- As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash…

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