Officials in Alameda County, California, have green-lit a sweeping reparations action plan , stepping in after a school district within the county — in Oakland — reportedly failed to deliver on its own highly publicized racial equity promises. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a comprehensive reparations action plan, capping more than two years of research and community outreach. Designed to address decades of systemic discrimination against Black res
A group of eight Senate contenders running to replace Graham Platner as Maine's Democratic Senate nominee sought to showcase how they align with the disgraced ex-candidate's policy agenda on Thursday night ahead of an upcoming nominating convention in the state. "Graham actually said he voted for me a few years ago," said David Costello, who ran unsuccessfully for the nomination earlier this year and lost to Platner, in response to a question about whether he would carry on any of the policies P
The US state mourns its longest-serving senator while Republicans scramble to choose a successor The South Carolina state house is a microcosm of the US’s contradictions. Outside there are memorials to the Confederate war dead and African American history. Below a statue of Strom Thurmond, a longtime US senator and racial segregationist, are the names of his five children including Essie Mae , whose mother, a Black maid, was 15 when Thurmond impregnated her. Thurmond died at the age of 100 in 20
The overwhelming majority of Americans instinctively grasp that illegal immigration undermines rule of law, hurts American workers and erodes our way of life. Now, more and more people are waking up to the disturbing reality that our sprawling web of legal immigration programs is just as bad, if not worse, than illegal immigration for many hardworking Americans. We need a complete overhaul of the legal migration system, which is enabling Big Tech companies and countless other American corporatio
The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to prepare an animal skeleton for scientific use. (Image credit: MirekKijewski/iStockphoto)
Fox News · Oct 8
EXCLUSIVE: A famed attorney who represents female athletes, including Simone Biles , in abuse cases, is the latest critic taking aim at San Jose State University (SJSU) and the California State University (CSU) system for its ongoing volleyball scandal. The attorney, John Manly, is coming forward after Fox News Digital reported that SJSU was informed of graphic assault allegations against current volleyball coach Todd Kress during the 2024 season, while the university was already under a Title I
BBC World News · Oct 8
Footage shows a rescuer reaching a family of three stranded by floods that destroyed their house in Uvalde county.
ABC News · Oct 8
Lawmakers demand answers after 'bombshell' report of ICE officer shooting in Maine Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security’s vetting and training of immigration enforcement officers WASHINGTON -- Democratic members of Congress demanded answers about Homeland Security's vetting and training of immigration enforcement agents after it was disclosed Thursday that the ICE officer involved in a deadly shooting this week in Maine had a history of mental health issue
NPR News · Oct 8
Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story. (Image credit: From left: David Augustine, Lameck Nyagudi and Kazeem Olawale Nasiru for NPR)
