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By Allison Morrow and Matt Egan Wells Fargo is shutting down all of its existing personal lines of credit, sparking outrage from consumers and advocates. A spokesperson for the bank said Wells Fargo made the decision last year as part of an
By Theresa Waldrop Zaila Avant-garde, the teenager who this week became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, has earned yet another honor: an offer of a full scholarship to Louisiana State University. “Your academic performance reflected scholarship
By Emma Tucker and Christina Carrega The Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump are taking up their first case involving a White person who was killed after being shot during an encounter with a police officer. The civil rights leader and the high-profile attorney, who Sharpton has
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean The number of guns found at airport checkpoints nationwide this year is fast approaching the number caught in all of 2020, officials say, and the uptick is slowing down screening lines as masses of passengers return to
By Betsy Klein President Joe Biden is set to give an anticipated major speech on voting rights Tuesday in Philadelphia, the White House announced Friday. Biden, the White House said, will deliver “remarks on actions to protect the sacred, constitutional right to vote.” It remains unclear
By Jason Hanna It’s summertime — and the 44th President once again has a few tunes for your consideration. Former President Barack Obama kicked out a characteristically wide-ranging list of what he’s been listening to this summer — a collection including J.
By Kevin Liptak Leaders of eight civil rights organizations warned President Joe Biden on Thursday that time is running short to enact new voting rules protecting Americans’ right to cast ballots. The dire message, delivered during a candid session in the White
By Sana Noor Haq Naomi Osaka says the press conference format between journalists and athletes is “out of date,” as the Japanese star penned a first-person essay on mental health in TIME magazine’s latest issue. The four-time grand slam champion who withdrew from
By Ben Morse When Nigerian Georgia Oboh began playing golf, she struggled to identify role models in her sport, so she took inspiration from elsewhere — in particular, from tennis greats Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. “To see someone who looked like
by Rafia Zakaria So many women of color face a terrible, nagging fear every day, at school or at work or in their everyday lives: that the White women who publicly profess their commitment to racial inclusion are only engaging in a