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The Supreme Court ruling is just the latest version of a question that the Whitehead family — and the nation — have been grappling with for years: How to deal with the legacy of slavery?

To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally?

Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly, no one in the military or Veterans Administration knows how many vets are still without the benefits they’re owed. (Image credit: Keren Carrión/NPR)

The centrist nonprofit group No Labels says voters want an alternative, but some say its efforts could hand the 2024 election to former President Donald Trump.

Taylor Swift drops an album mid-tour, young adults go for a Chinese ‘Joy Ride,’ a doc tells the story of ’80s band Wham! and more.

Emergency personnel and the acting police commissioner were at the scene of a mass shooting in Baltimore early Sunday morning, police said.

Report says government wants to pass far-reaching changes to judiciary as amendments to quasi-constitutional Basic Laws, then make it harder for future lawmakers to alter them

Brother in Arms reservist organization says member was pepper-sprayed in altercation with anti-settlement group during weekly demonstration

The indiscriminate looting and torching of stores and vehicles sparked by a police shooting of a Muslim teen invokes for many a wave of antisemitic attacks less than a decade ago

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