By Harmeet Kaur A Black woman will soon sit on Missouri’s highest court for the first time. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson named Judge Robin Ransom to the state’s Supreme Court on Monday, filling a vacancy created after Judge Laura Denvir Stith retired
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Review by Brian Lowry “Mike Tyson: The Knockout” initially feels like it’s simply retracing the same old steps, charting the boxer’s epic rise, fall and attempted comeback. After the first few rounds, though, this two-part ABC documentary lands some pretty compelling blows,
By Vanessa Yurkevich and Kate Trafecante Three of the biggest US banking groups want the US Department of Agriculture to reconsider the terms of billions of dollars in planned debt relief for minority farmers, claiming it will cut into banks’ profits —
By Peter Nickeas, Julia Jones, Josh Campbell and Priya Krishnakumar One year since a nationwide movement sparked calls for slashing police funding in favor of other nontraditional forms of public safety, it’s not clear whether any city achieved anything resembling what protesters
By Madeline Holcombe The US is hitting major Covid-19 vaccination milestones, but health experts say those who are not inoculated should not rely on protection from those who are, as their infection risk hasn’t gone down in response to declining cases. “The
By Leah Asmelash The class of 1970 at Jackson State University in Mississippi finally got to turn their tassels, over 50 years after their initial ceremony was delayed by a police shooting that left a dozen injured and two students dead. In
By Amir Vera A year ago, George Floyd’s chilling last words, “I can’t breathe,” sent shock waves around the world. A guilty verdict came down April 20, but Black Americans had no time to celebrate the rare occurrence of a White police
By Manu Raju, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox GOP senators say that President Joe Biden has informed them he’d be willing to accept an infrastructure package of around $1 trillion, significantly lower than the White House’s public offer last week. Two key
By John Bonifield and Lauren Mascarenhas Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is safe and appears to be effective in adolescents, the company said Tuesday. In a Phase 2/3 trial of 3,732 children ages 12 to 17 in the United States, blood tests showed that
By John Blake and Suzanne Malveaux We lost civil rights icons. They lost friends. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Xernona Clayton and Andrew Young are some of the last remaining members of a generation of civil rights activists who reshaped the US and
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