The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and a voting and ethics bill passed the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, but neither stands a chance in the evenly divided Senate. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan faced fierce…
Arizona State University has named its new film school after legendary actor Sidney Poitier. According to a USA Today report, the decision to name the school after Poitier, 93, is about much more than an emphasis on diversity. In an…
Eli Lilly announced this week that it would pause a government-sponsored COVID-19 clinical trial because of a potential safety concern. The drug manufacturer did not specify the concern, but the experimental vaccine is reportedly similar to the one President Donald…
Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The ambitious plan, which reportedly may have…
The case of Tamika Huston, a 24-year-old Black woman who went missing from her Spartanburg, South Carolina, home on May 27, 2004, captivated Derrica Wilson and her sister, Natalie. Derrica and Natalie noticed how fiercely Huston’s aunt, Rebkah Howard, fought…
The symbiotic nature of debates and public opinion polls was on full display this week in Ohio, stated Krista Jenkins, a political science professor at Farleigh Dickinson University and the school’s poll director. “[Former Vice President Joe] Biden stood for…
