If Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election and Democrats flip the House and keep the Senate, the U.S. would witness a powerful resurgence of progressive policymaking across virtually every sector. Why it matters:...
David R. Williams and Rachel Hardeman are population health researchers at different universities with one thing in common: Both have been added to a right-wing “watch list” for teaching about and researching the ways...
Each year, a slew of annual surveys are released declaring that select neighborhoods are the healthiest and fittest in the country. The criteria for these varies by publication and brand, but plenty of people...
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is George Lipsitz . Lipsitz is Research Professor Emeritus of Black Studies and Sociology at the...
From mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania to hurricane accommodations in North Carolina, here are the legal issues to watch. Josh Gerstein October 7, 2024 Read the full article here Politico
Pregnancy terminations have long been part of medical treatment for patients with serious complications, as way to to prevent sepsis, organ failure and other major problems. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday...
ATLANTA — Georgia’s voting law, passed in response to Donald Trump’s loss and widespread absentee voting in the 2020 presidential election, has a larger impact on Black voters than white voters in several ways,...
“The simple fact is that the housing crisis lies squarely at the feet of the malevolence of developers just like Donald Trump himself.” During the first and only vice presidential debate of this election...
Women serving with the New Jersey State Police were told they were “liabilities on the road” or “not tough enough for the job.” Troopers of color were told that “just because you’re Black doesn’t...
When once-perennial candidate Jimmy McMillan III first ran for elected office in 1993, he campaigned with one consistent message: The Rent is Too Damn High. His efforts garnered little support. Nonetheless, the phrase stuck...