Tag: Social issues
Help Wanted: In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers
<p>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
<p>BOGOTA, Colombia — Hundreds of nightlife workers protested lockdowns in Colombia’s capital on Monday as the country struggles with a steep rise in coronavirus...
Alabama, Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — State offices were closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day, which a watchdog group used to call for...
EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions
<p>JERUSALEM — The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence.</p>
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Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain cases...
Protests reveal generational divide in immigrant communities
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...
Oscar moments: History, glamour … and what a weird ending
<p>Wait. What?</p>
<p>If that’s what you yelled at the TV during...
Prisons worker on leave after run-in with Wright protesters
<p>STILLWATER, Minn. — A Minnesota Department of Corrections employee has been placed on investigative leave after a profane confrontation with protesters <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-death-of-daunte-wright-shootings-police-minnesota-df3e6aba6c750f9b89bab30b46c24f48">seeking more...
OAS rights group: ‘Critical’ levels of impunity in Mexico
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
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...