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Students navigate new college admissions landscape, one year after affirmative action is struck down
ABC News via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoLast June, the Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The...
Yazidi women fear return to a broken land of rubble and brutality
BBC News· 5 days agoIt’s 10 years since Islamic State militants tried to wipe out the Yazidi people in the Sinjar region...
Mulling Reparations, California Sets Aside $12 Million as a Start
New York Times· 5 days agoDirect cash payments are not imminent, but under the state’s new budget, the money could go toward...
A Culture War Erupted Over U.K. Stately Homes. Who Won?
New York Times· 4 days agoA battle over the history of Britain’s prized country houses offers a window into the national mood...
Kenya protests expose jet-setting Ruto's neglect of discontent at home
Reuters· 7 days agoIn the two years since he was elected, Kenya's President William Ruto has wowed global climate...
Mauritania election: Jihadist, migration, slavery the key issues
BBC News· 6 days agoAs Mauritanians head to the polls in the presidential election, the country faces a multitude of...
Henry R. Barr, from self-emancipator to Watertown businessman
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.· 7 days agoPLATTSBURGH — The Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church’s members included African Americans who were once enslaved such as Henry R. Barr. The Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church, located ...
10 Great Magical Realism Books To Lose Yourself In
Forbes· 6 days agoMagical realism is a genre that has been beloved across the globe for decades. Combining elements of fantasy with highly detailed, realistic settings,...
Chet Hanks Reveals "Cokeheads" Advised Him to "Chill" Amid Addiction Battle - E! Online
E! Online· 3 days agoTom Hanks and Rita Wilson's son Chet Hanks detailed his past struggle with cocaine addiction—and how...
Why MPs are happier when they lose
The New Statesman· 2 days agoDonohoe tells me now that he still hears from politicians saying, “We just wish we could say that to some of these people.” Past elections have offered...