Tag: Social issues
Alabama, Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — State offices were closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day, which a watchdog group used to call for...
Help Wanted: In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers
BOSTON — The owner of seafood restaurants on Cape Cod has eliminated lunch service and delayed the opening of some locations because his summertime...
Colombian nightlife workers demand end to virus lockdowns
BOGOTA, Colombia — Hundreds of nightlife workers protested lockdowns in Colombia’s capital on Monday as the country struggles with a steep rise in coronavirus...
Protests reveal generational divide in immigrant communities
<p>BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — When protests began in a Minneapolis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a Black man, 21-year-old Fatumata Kromah...
EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions
JERUSALEM — The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain cases...
OAS rights group: ‘Critical’ levels of impunity in Mexico
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico is suffering “critical” failures in law enforcement and some of the worst levels of journalist killings outside a war zone,...
Among the Oscar winners: 2 foundations that serve the needy
<p>Two foundations that serve the needy achieved the kind of spotlight at Sunday’s night’s Academy Awards telecast that any nonprofit yearns for: A shout-out...
Oscar moments: History, glamour … and what a weird ending
Wait. What?
If that’s what you yelled at the TV during...
Prisons worker on leave after run-in with Wright protesters
STILLWATER, Minn. — A Minnesota Department of Corrections employee has been placed on investigative leave after a profane confrontation with protesters seeking more serious...