Tag: Social issues
Free money for all? Mayors hope local tests bring big change
By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway...
Chief wants Kansas site included in unmarked graves search
The leader of an American Indian tribe is concerned that a former Kansas boarding school will be left out of a federal initiative seeking...
Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo
NEW YORK — When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn't want to believe it.
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Country star Morgan Wallen addresses his use of racial slur
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In his first interview in six months, disgraced country star Morgan Wallen said it was ignorant of him to use a...
Confederate bust moved from Tennessee Capitol building
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader that had been prominently displayed inside the Tennessee Capitol...
Activist who helped desegregate Birmingham library dies
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city's library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according...
Free money for all? Mayors hope local tests bring big change
By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway...
Chief wants Kansas site included in unmarked graves search
The leader of an American Indian tribe is concerned that a former Kansas boarding school will be left out of a federal initiative seeking...
Free money for all? Mayors hope local tests bring big change
By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway...
Indiana businesses urge Congress to pass LGBTQ protections
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 100 Indiana businesses are urging Congress to pass legislation stalled in the Senate that would extend federal civil rights protections...