In 1961, Dorothy Butler Gilliam defied the odds by becoming the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post. At a time when Black people — let alone Black women — were not expected to have bylines in national papers, Gilliam was breaking down barriers, writing stories about the civil […]
“Women aren’t fit to work in sales,” he told her. “You’re a woman, why would you pursue a job in this industry?” The woman — who requested anonymity because she fears career repercussions — was shocked, but not that surprised. She told CNN that […]
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago during a robbery. Robert Jennings was condemned for the July 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery at an adult bookstore. Jennings […]
Civilians near the city of Duhuk in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region protested in front of a Turkish military base to condemn Turkish airstrikes against civilians in the north, the source said. About 300 protesters stormed the Turkish military base in the town of al-Amadiya […]
“Honduras is doing nothing for us. Guatemala is doing nothing for us. El Salvador is doing nothing for us,” Trump said during a White House roundtable on immigration. The President has been a frequent critic of granting foreign aid to Central American countries and […]
Although all three hurricanes were destructive, a new study from online journal BMJ Global Health indicates the US federal response to the hurricane disaster in Puerto Rico was lopsided compared to the response in Florida and Texas. Using public data, BMJ created a timeline of […]
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