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As Black History Month faces federal pushback, these authors see read-ins as more critical than ever

Several students, faculty and staff who participated in the February 10 African American Read-In event held at the University of Louisville. National Council of Teachers of English/National Council of Teachers of English If you want an opportunity to learn more about...

Receive $100,000, no questions asked. Just be a jazz legend.

Drummer Herlin Riley, one of 20 inaugural recipients of the Jazz Legacies Fellowship Skip Bolen/WireImage/Getty Images A new fellowship announced this week gives 20 jazz musicians $100,000 each, no strings attached. Just one stipulation: They have to be at least 62...

Mental health issues ripple through the federal workforce with firings

A protest at the U.S. Department of Labor on Feb. 5. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress) Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images Federal workers and contractors who have been fired hastily in recent weeks say among the many personal and financial costs of these terminations is their...

‘Beyond the Gates’ is 1st network daytime soap centering a Black family in 25 years

Karla Mosley as Dani Dupree Hamilton in Beyond the Gates on CBS. Quantrell Colbert/CBS ATLANTA, Ga. – The atmosphere at Assembly Studios is friendly and fun, but firmly professional. That's because, as much as the cast and crew of CBS' new soap opera Beyond the...

U.S. votes against a U.N. resolution urging Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2024, at U.N. headquarters in New York. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP UNITED NATIONS — In a win for Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion,...