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ESSAY: Juneteenth Is My Fourth of July
Juneteenth is my Fourth of July. It comes with all my favorite things: barbecues, commemorations, drum circles, and elders standing up on stages with kente cloth and canes. I love it all. It’s my day of remembrance. I celebrate Juneteenth like I personally delivered the 1865 message of freedom to…
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OPINION: Targeting ‘DEI’ Initiatives Is Costing Life-Saving Programs and Research
Dr. Charity Oyedegi, a Duke University hematologist and researcher who focuses on sickle cell disease, had her five-year, $750,000 NIH grant to improve care for sickle cell disease canceled last year by Trump administration executive orders that targeted “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” (DEI) initiatives. She is now using a patchwork…
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OPINION: Iryna Zarutska’s Murder Has Been Exploited for Black Blood
In 236 years of American presidential rule, there has rarely been a sitting president who has actively recommended the death penalty for a civilian murder. That said, it did not surprise me that when President Donald Trump called for the death penalty, the case involved a Black man as…
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OPINION: Student Loan Confusion Is Stalling Dreams
The faint smell of chlorine marked my walk, preceded by wet footprints and the laughter of children on the other side of a hotel door. We were at a hotel in California in 2016 and I was dropping my 5-year-old daughter off with my cousin, Taylor. The informal designation of…
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