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Loading the player... In the summer of 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a young Black man named Dick Rowland was accused of assaulting Sarah Page, a white elevator operator. As the story spread, angry white residents came together to take matters into their own hands. On May 31, these residents attacked the thriving Black neighborhood of Greenwood, looting, burning, and killing. The event is now known as the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, and it is one of the worst incidents of racist violence in U.S. history. But the massacre is just the beginning of the story. Over the next 100 years, Tulsa’s Black co...

The massive chunk of Chinese rocket expected to crash on the Earth's surface early Sunday morning could reenter the atmosphere directly over New Jersey. According to early Saturday estimates from space agencies in the United States and Europe, the path of the Long March 5B rocket body shows potential for reentry over the Garden State's southern tip as it returns from outer space. Launched on April 29 from China, the rocket body reached orbital velocity and has since been in an uncontrolled elliptical orbit of the Earth, read a statement from The Aerospace Corporation.  The federal...

The massive chunk of Chinese rocket expected to crash on the Earth's surface early Sunday morning could reenter the atmosphere directly over New Jersey. According to early Saturday estimates from space agencies in the United States and Europe, the path of the Long March 5B rocket body shows potential for reentry over the Garden State's southern tip as it returns from outer space. Launched on April 29 from China, the rocket body reached orbital velocity and has since been in an uncontrolled elliptical orbit of the Earth, read a statement from The Aerospace Corporation.  The federal...

April 30, 2021 Share This: “Understanding and unpacking gender, identity, gender expression, gender roles and masculinities are critical and relevant to all the work we do … especially as educators,” said Vincent Harris, director of Cal State Fullerton’s Male Success Initiative program. “Consider James Baldwin (a gay Black novelist, poet and activist), Tony McDade (a Black transgender man who was shot by police last summer), Ahmaud Arbery (a Black man shot in Georgia while he was out jogging). How are we seeing Black men? Some Black men such as Bayard Rustin (a leader in civi...

Biden-aligned nonprofit launches voting rights initiative The group listed nine states as its “initial priority states.” Voters wait in line to cast their ballot in Georgia. The early months of the Biden administration have been dominated by discussions on voting rights. | Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP Link Copied A nonprofit group founded by allies of President Joe Biden is launching a voting rights initiative, the latest sign that the White House views the issue as a key part of Biden’s early agenda. Building Back Together said its voting rights program would be led by ...