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America's first Black Marine base is threatened by the effects of climate change

5:01am May 30, 2022

by Jay Price

In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines.

Gua Sha, a facial massage technique in traditional Chinese medicine, has reached viral fame, thanks to social media influencers in the West.

Asian founders work to steer the narrative as beauty trends pull from their cultures

1:27pm May 28, 2022

by Emma Bowman

The latest obsessions in America's wellness craze are rooted in South Asian practices. Industry leaders who grew up with those rituals are caught between joy and a battle against cultural erasure.

Ryan, Grand Canyon, 2013 Ryan, Chinese-Japanese-American, Cowboy

Arts

A photographer's journey to reconnect with his Chinese American identity

7:53am May 28, 2022

by Grace Widyatmadja

Photographer An Rong Xu reconnects with his identity through capturing images of his community through his perspective.

Robert E. Penn (L) and B.Michael Hunter (R) at the OutWrite Conference in Boston, October 1993.

Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

3:11pm May 27, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

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Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit

3:11pm May 27, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

Activist Pamela Sneed says this year's walk will honor Black artists' contributions that have been erased from AIDS narratives.

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One of Xbox's headlining Asian characters, Morgan Yu from Prey, playable as either a man or a woman.

Arts

Xbox promotes Asian characters and creators amid calls for greater diversity in games

2:29pm May 27, 2022

by George Yang

Microsoft has touted Asian representation on their services throughout AAPI month as they aggressively acquire more games and studios for Xbox.

Abortion-rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court last December as it heard a case that could strike down the constitutional right to abortion. Economists say decades of research show that doing so would limit women's economic prospects.

Women who are denied abortions risk falling deeper into poverty. So do their kids

6:50am May 26, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

A large body of research shows being denied an abortion limits women's education, time in the workforce and wages. It also finds long-term negative impacts for their children.

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A man brings flowers to Robb Elementary School on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas.

How world leaders are reacting to the Uvalde school shooting

5:08pm May 25, 2022

Officials around the world are responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest such incident to take place in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Demonstrators carry a scroll listing the names of people killed by police during a march in honor of George Floyd on March 7, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing, Black Buffalo residents feel the weight

2:47pm May 25, 2022

by Alana Wise

The shooting at a Tops grocery store, which authorities say was motivated by racist hate, brought into sharper focus the weight of being a target.

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Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

National

All of the Uvalde school shooting victims were in the same 4th grade classroom

2:46pm May 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The 19 students and two teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, shooting were all in the same classroom, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.