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Famous summits from U.S. presidential history

Time is running out for government websites to fix accessibility issues

A sample illustration of a government portal website's landing page.

What if diapers were free for the parents who need them most?

A daycare center's shelf with stacks of various children's diapers with their names written on them.

Ghosts of your digital past: The creepy details anyone can find about you

A search bar over a background of a woman using a laptop.

The end of the climate hawk era

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019, forty years after the three mile island meltdown.

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Women's suffrage, but for whom? These 10 Black suffragists fought for the vote before—and long after—the 19th Amendment

Women register for the National Association of Colored Women convention, Los Angeles, August 1952.

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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.

‘We opened a door nobody knew existed’: How displaced Black families won reparations in Portland

Elizabeth Fouther-Branch and Bobby Fouther stand in front of their great-aunt’s house in 1956 (left) and in a parking lot near where the house used to stand in 2020 (right).

‘We the People’ includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in progress

Demonstrators hold signs during the We The People March in Los Angeles, California.

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19 photos of Juneteenth celebrations over the years

Youngsters join in dance contest at a Juneteenth Celebration.

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IDs through the ages: How people have proven their identity over time

A digital fingerprint scan.

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The history and significance of Juneteenth

People participate in a Juneteenth celebration in Fort Greene park.

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50 facts and figures about D-Day

Second Lieutenant Walter Sidlowski on Omaha Beach, Normandy, after helping to rescue a group of soldiers after their landing craft sank on D-Day.

The defining diet of every decade for the past 100 years

Beauty photo of sliced half a grapefruit on a black plate with peeled pieces of grapefruit in the foreground.

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Americans might love Cinco de Mayo, but few know what they're celebrating

Cinco de Mayo festivities take place in Ciudad Juarez marking the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla.