Universities are suspending students who party without masks and flout social distancing
College students, beware: You could temporarily lose your spot on campus or worse, get expelled for partying with your peers this fall. … Keep Reading
An Australia in flames tries to cope with an ‘animal apocalypse’
Across much of Australia, volunteers and professionals are fighting to contain widespread blazes, with many also taking risks to save wildlife being … Keep Reading
Venice ‘on its knees’ from major floods blamed on climate change
Venice is "on its knees," in the wake of the second-worst flooding of modern times, its mayor said Wednesday, describing an extreme … Keep Reading
Young female athletes with concussions take longer to recover, study finds
PHILADELPHIA _ New research from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that young female athletes who suffer concussions have longer recovery times … Keep Reading
African-Americans missing out on Southern Push for legal marijuana
Natalie Jones Bonner, a 58-year-old entrepreneur in Biloxi, Mississippi, who has used cannabis to reduce inflammation in her knees and wrists, wanted … Keep Reading
‘Us’ review: Notes from the underground, and a master class from Lupita Nyong’o
Jordan Peele’s “Us” begins so spectacularly well, and sustains its game of doubles so cleverly for most of its two hours, it’s … Keep Reading
A political awakening: How Howard University shaped Kamala Harris’ identity
The war on drugs had erupted, apartheid was raging, Jesse Jackson would soon make the campus a staging ground for his inaugural … Keep Reading
Chicago has one female, African-American organ transplant surgeon. She fights disease — and distrust of doctors
When transplant surgeon Dinee Simpson sits in a consultation room with a patient, often they’re joined by the patient’s spouse or children … Keep Reading
College initiative aimed at recruiting, retaining black male students
Officials at Waubonsee Community College had noticed it for a while. Across the country, African-American males graduate at a substantially lower rate than … Keep Reading
Allensworth, only African-American town of its kind, still a symbol for ‘what we can become’
Docent Emmett Harden jokes on a recent winter day about many visitors viewing Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park as a "weed patch" … Keep Reading