This historian dug up the hidden history of ‘amateur’ blackface in America
In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel...
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Attempted attack with explosives in New York City investigated as “ISIS-inspired terrorism”
New York City INYPD Commissioner: “Explosive devices that could have caused serious injury or death.”
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Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, lawsuit claims
A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas...
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Why young girls are disguised as boys in Afghanistan
The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It’s an...
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Iran picks new leader. And, Trump won’t sign bills until Congress overhauls voting
Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader. And, President Trump says he will not...
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Chimps’ taste for fermented fruit hints at origins of human love of alcohol
Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who’d feasted on fallen fruit to see how...
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Iran attacks Israel, Gulf states, after naming new leader on Day 10 of war
The price of crude oil briefly neared $120 a barrel Monday as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei the...
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World shares tumble as Iran war pushes crude prices over $110 a barrel
World shares tumbled on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunging more than...
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Millions more people are in the path of rising seas than previously thought
Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world’s population is vulnerable than earlier predictions had estimated.
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Kids’ willpower is no match for fast food and screens. Try this instead
For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things...
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