ASALH’S MAGNA CARTA
ASALH’s Magna Carta: A Call to Action Ida B. Wells said, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Inspired by this, ASALH convened a national discussion with...
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Trump Wants Immigrants on U.S. Soil to Hand Over Social Media Accounts to Apply for Citizenship
Trump is demanding social media handles for citizenship, green card, and visa applicants whether they’re already in the U.S. or not. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to force people in the U.S. applying for...
For Indian Country, federal cuts decimate core tribal programs
Tribal services aren’t national altruism. They’re written into centuries-old treaties.. President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending have reverberated across Indian Country, leaving tribes with deep uncertainty about their...
Five Takeaways From the New JFK Assassination Files
The documents offer a rare window into some of the U.S. government’s most secret work, including CIA operations in Cuba and safe houses in Maryland The Trump administration on Tuesday released more than 30,000...
Mapping US attacks on Yemen’s Houthis
US warplanes have launched more air raids in Yemen, targeting seven provinces, as the death toll rises to 53 The United States has, for a second night, launched dozens of air raids targeting at...
Clean geothermal energy to heat and cool West Woodlawn homes: ‘An example for the entire country.’
You can heat homes with gas, propane, oil or electricity. Or you can make use of the virtually endless supply of clean energy that lies right beneath your feet. The South Side nonprofit Blacks...
Trump Is Cracking Down on Universities. Florida Had a Head Start.
The state’s laws have dismantled campus DEI initiatives, banned political or social activism and redefined core curricula Three years ago, as a University of Florida freshman, Bia Castanho kept her head down and her...
Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight
What would John Lewis do today? On a Sunday morning 60 years ago, activists rewrote the story of the civil rights movement in their own blood on the streets of Selma, Alabama. State troopers...
Stand Up for Science: Nationwide Protests Oppose Trump Cuts to Research from Cancer to Climate Change
Scientists rallied nationwide last Friday in opposition to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts for scientific research and mass layoffs impacting numerous agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and...
Buffalo’s Billion-Dollar Freeway Fix Is on Ice, But Not Because of Trump
Across the US, state departments of transportation are scrambling to determine whether they can proceed with projects funded by the Biden Administration’s signature infrastructure bills. Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a series...