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Women wearing protective face masks are seen in a bus, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, June 9, 2020. 

Racism against African Americans in China escalates amid coronavirus

In mid-April, reports of “imported cases” of COVID-19 from abroad stoked fears and prejudices in the country.

Racism against African Americans in China escalates amid coronavirus
The Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink

The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink
tattered textbooks at a school in mississippi

Failing and forgotten: Black students languish as a Mississippi town reckons with its painful past

Failing and forgotten: Black students languish as a Mississippi town reckons with its painful past
downtown yazoo city

Race relations in Yazoo City, Mississippi: A brief history

Race relations in Yazoo City, Mississippi: A brief history
Under a new carbon offset program that is gaining popularity in Congress, oil and gas companies — and other manufacturers of products involving — fossil fuel would have to pay $40 for every ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere.

New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill

New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill
The top of US Supreme Court building is lit at dusk in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017.

Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Mississippi anti-LGBT 'religious freedom' law

The justices left in place a June ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals that the plaintiffs — same-sex couples, civil rights advocates including the head of the state NAACP chapter, a church and others — did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit.

Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Mississippi anti-LGBT 'religious freedom' law
President Donald Trump visits the Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, Dec. 9, 2017.

Trump attends opening of Mississippi civil rights museum, but African American leaders stay away in protest

Trump toured the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and delivered brief remarks, paying tribute to African Americans who fought institutionalized racism, including Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist who was murdered outside his home in Jackson in 1963.

Trump attends opening of Mississippi civil rights museum, but African American leaders stay away in protest
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Anti-LGBTQ laws in US prompt travel warning from UK's government

The warning was issued just days before President Barack Obama's visit to London.

Anti-LGBTQ laws in US prompt travel warning from UK's government
Clyde Foster analyzing data for NASA

How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America

NASA's black engineers, mathematicians and technicians didn't just help American win the space race, they also played a key role in reshaping the American South.

How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America

FBI Review: Exaggerated Evidence in 27 Death Penalty Cases

FBI Review: Exaggerated Evidence in 27 Death Penalty Cases

50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired

Medgar Evers, a NAACP field secretary and civil rights activist, was shot in the back at his home in 1963. The murder is considered a turning point in the Civil Rghts movement, in part thanks to the artists who used his name as a rallying cry. Fifty years later, we remember Evers through the music he inspired.

50 years after death, civil rights icon Medgar Evers recalled in music he inspired

Fake accents, well-done, can make all the difference

When it comes to accents, they paint a picture in people's mind. And they can make or break the character. That's born out in real life and on the silver screen. Renée Zellweger was widely praised for her English accent in Bridget Jones’s Diary -- and Radovan Karadžić managed to evade authorities for years, in part through a fake accent.

Fake accents, well-done, can make all the difference

Midwest deals with rising water, record-setting floods in some areas

Heavy rains, following a winter with considerable snow, has led to record-breaking floods in parts of the Midwest, and high waters in most of the rest. That flooding puts a heavy load on communities, including the city of Clarksville, which is one of the last Mississippi River communities without a levee.

Midwest deals with rising water, record-setting floods in some areas

Police still looking for evidence as focus shifts to new suspect in ricin letters

For several days, Paul Kevin Curtis was the prime suspect in the investigation into the mailing of letters contaminated with ricin poisoning to the president and Capitol Hill. But now, James Everett Dutschke has come under suspicion, though he too, pleads his innocence.

Police still looking for evidence as focus shifts to new suspect in ricin letters

How to Fake an Accent and Get Away With It

"Matilda," now a Broadway hit, has a cast full of Americans doing British accents. We usually think of actors as carrying off the best fake accents. But others do it, sometimes with great success. What's the secret?

How to Fake an Accent and Get Away With It