Black Americans Laud Juneteenth Holiday, Say More Work Ahead
Written by DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEVIN FREKING Black Americans rejoiced Thursday after President...
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GOP Needs New Health Care Target; ‘Obamacare’ Survives Again
Written by ALAN FRAM The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing the law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a...
Read MoreUN: Millions Driven From Homes in 2020 Despite COVID Crisis
Written by JAMEY KEATEN and EDITH M. LEDERER War, violence, persecution, human rights violations and other factors caused nearly 3 million people to flee their homes last year, even though the COVID-19 crisis restricted movement...
Read MoreIran Votes in Presidential Poll Tipped in Hard-Liner’s Favor
Written by JON GAMBRELL Iranians voted Friday in a presidential election dominated by a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after authorities disqualified nearly all of his strongest competition, leading...
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Biden to Sign Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Written by KEVIN FREKING The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the...
Read MoreIn Poorest Countries, Surges Worsen Shortages of Vaccines
Written by RODNEY MUHUMUZA and FARAI MUTSAKA Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren’t safe. Now, four months after the first batch of vaccines arrived in Zimbabwe,...
Read MoreBlack Community Has New Option for Health Care: The Church
Written by CARRIE ANTLFINGER Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. praises the Lord before his congregation. But since last fall he’s been praising something else his Black community...
Read MoreLatinas Left Workforce at Highest Rate, See Slow Recovery
Written by ASTRID GALVAN Teresa Marez spent 14 years building a strong clientele base as a hair stylist in San Antonio. When her son, who is autistic, had to switch to virtual learning because of the pandemic, she quit her job...
Read MoreNC Tax Revenue Soars, $6.5B Windfall Predicted by Mid-2023
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON North Carolina’s resurgent post-pandemic economy could put an additional $6.5 billion over the next two years into state government coffers already swollen with cash, state economists said Tuesday....
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‘Two Great Powers’: Biden, Putin Plunge Into Hours of Talks
Written by AAMER MADHANI, JONATHAN LEMIRE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV With stern expressions and...
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