2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (321+ words) Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon has spent years pushing back against efforts to restrict books and how Black history is taught in the state’s public schools. Those efforts eventually led Nixon to take the fight beyond the Florida Capitol and…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (761+ words) Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations’ endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents and regions, giving particular prominence to Africa…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (373+ words) As the 2026 midterm elections approach, Republicans appear nervous about their prospects in November. Attempting to rally conservatives, the GOP is holding an unprecedented midterm convention, complete with outrageous speeches and promises. Trump’s trillion-dollar pledge draws skepticism, reminders of broken promises…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (539+ words) As the Trump administration continues its whitewashing of American history, a display at the nation’s most prestigious cemetery is undergoing changes. Information criticizing the Confederacy is being removed to make way for the return of a Confederate monument that was…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (427+ words) Lonnie Bunch is stepping down as leader of the Smithsonian after 7 years atop the institution....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (293+ words) A pro-Palestinian activist and academic is apologizing and fending off criticism after using offensive language to disparage one of the most prominent Black officials in the Democratic Party. The comments were made about Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in relation to the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (623+ words) Hunter Biden has been outspoken in recent months, commenting on a wide variety of matters in interviews and social media posts. Now, a series of comments he made about Vice President Kamala Harris, who served in his father’s administration, are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) A move by Republicans to freeze the size of the Supreme Court failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The push to pass a constitutional amendment concerning the court comes as Republicans seek to protect the conservative majority of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (579+ words) Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian college student who had been building a promising future in Ohio, died by suicide on Monday after his family said he struggled emotionally with an ankle monitor issued by U.S. immigration officials. His death comes…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (645+ words) The man at the center of a prominent attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper is saying that a conservative organization tricked him into appearing in the commercial. The North Carolina man, who lost his son to gun violence, is…...