President Joe Biden speaks after signing HR 55, the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 29. |
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What Chinese media is saying about Russia’s Ukraine war
Video from Chinese state television via AFP shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on March 30, during his
Aid organizations try again to evacuate besieged Mariupol
Residents of Mariupol walk in front of damaged buildings. It’s estimated that as many as 5000 civilians have been killed in the city. | Photo
The Biden administration is ending a controversial border policy
A migrant family waits to be processed after being apprehended near the border between Mexico and the United States in Del Rio, Texas, on May
Republican judges are waging a bizarre war against the First Amendment right to protest
Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson accepts the Best Political Podcast award for Pod Save The People at the 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. | Rich Fury/Getty
How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement
Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on December. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, New York. The
How China uses fruit to punish Taiwan
But it’s not just about fruit In September 2021, China banned the import of sugar apples, or atemoya, from Taiwan, claiming they were bringing in
One Good Thing: The hit feminist concubine drama that annoyed the Chinese Communist Party
The emperor (Yuan Nie) chides an unrepentant Wei Yingluo (Wu Jinyan). | iQiyi Yanxi Palace was one of the most popular dramas on the planet.
America finally gets an Amazon union
Former Amazon employee Chris Smalls, who founded the Amazon Labor Union, has unionized the first Amazon warehouse in the US. | Seth Wenig/AP Amazon wanted
No, Putin is not actually achieving his goals in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, on February 27, three days after Russia invaded Ukraine. | Sergei Guneyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP The