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19 Black historical figures you probably didn't learn about in class

Jane Bolin, the first Black American woman graduate of Yale Law School and the first Black American woman judge in the United States.

Society

20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

A Black woman with a teacup against a bright blue background.

Republican governors sent National Guard to DC despite violence at home

Members of the National Guard and members of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies stand outside the main hall of Union Station in Washington, D.C.

US rolls toward a 'terrible' government shutdown, no exit ramp in sight

A US government employee talks on the phone as she looks out of a closed Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC on January 18, 2019, where the government has been shut down for four weeks.

A guide to understanding the debate over keeping voter rolls ‘clean’

A voter receives a thumbs up from a poll worker after a successful check in at Biltmore Forest Town Hall during the 2024 U.S. election in Asheville, North Carolina.

Why a trans teen fled his Texas home to find safety: 'Daily danger zone'

Supporters for trans rights rally at the Texas Capitol on March 20, 2023.

US rolls toward a 'terrible' government shutdown, no exit ramp in sight

A US government employee talks on the phone as she looks out of a closed Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC on January 18, 2019, where the government has been shut down for four weeks.

Trump’s new law will limit payments to hospitals that treat patients with low incomes

James Wolcott, a patient waits to take a vision test for a new pair of glasses at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) mobile dental and medical clinic at Terre Haute South High School, Indiana.

Intel faces the unusual challenge of trying to influence one of its owners: the federal government

Congress is killing clean energy tax credits. Here’s how to use them before they disappear.

Aerial view of solar panels are on the roof of an apartment complex in California.

How auto parts tariffs could raise car insurance premiums in 2025

Interior of a modern auto parts factory or warehouse.

During a quiet summer election, one clerk practices to make future elections smoother

Residents vote in early voting at a park building in Detroit, MI in October of 2024.

The trouble with Trump’s homelessness plan

Homeless rights activists hold up signs saying "Housing, Not Handcuffs" outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 22, 2024 in Washington, DC.

How Trump used the criminal system to massively expand immigration detention

Immigrant woman and children walk across a field as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) hosts a media tour at the South Texas Family Residential Center, August 2019.