Tag Archives: Race and Ethnicity

Overdose deaths across the country decreased by more than 12 percent between May 2023 and May 2024, according to new federal data, a major development in the nation’s efforts to combat the effects of fentanyl. The decrease continued a trend observed in recent months, and was the largest on record, …

The 2024 election could be won or lost on the strength of the Black vote, which could in turn be won or lost based on the strength of the American economy. So it is no surprise that candidates are paying a lot of attention — and lip service — to …

The women made their way up the narrow stone steps in a winding line, the rolling green fields of the English countryside stretching out across the valley below. The steep climb, which had begun in the early morning, brought them high above an elevated rail line, its imposing Victorian arches …

The white-owned farm was well known to residents of a rural community in South Africa as a place where they could get discarded food. But when two Black women ventured onto the farm several weeks ago, they never made it back. The farm owner and two of his workers are …