Race

Home values increased nearly 20% in the 12 months to September 2021.

Economy

How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer's remorse across America

10:15pm March 22, 2022

Low interest rates, high rents and working from home combined to push many young Americans to buy their first home over the last two years. But it's not without challenges.

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Rapper Andrew Hean, whose family owned a donut shop in California, is pictured in a silkscreen print on a donut box by artist Phung Huynh.

Pink donut boxes are canvas for artist portraying kids of Cambodian-American refugees

5:00am March 22, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Artist Phung Huynh incorporates pink donut boxes into her portraits of young Cambodian-Americans who grew up in their family donut stores in Southern California.

Books
Arts

5 books at the intersection of Black feminist thought, culture, and politics

6:22am March 21, 2022

by Carole V. Bell

Black feminists are some of the most astute observers and theorists of American mass culture today. Here are five books to read — not all isolated to the proverbial ivory tower.

Politics & Government

Florida Governor DeSantis wants to eliminate 2 proposed Black voting districts

8:05am March 20, 2022

by Greg Allen

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to redraw two Congressional voting districts with majority Black populations. Observers say he is apparently courting a national audience.

Shana Bonner, left, styles the hair of Pho Gibson at Exquisite U hair salon in this July 3, 2019, file photo. The U.S. House passed a federal anti-bias bill to protect against discrimination of race-based hairstyles.

The House passes the CROWN Act, a bill banning discrimination on race-based hairdos

7:12pm March 18, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The U.S. Senate still must pass the CROWN Act before it can be approved by President Biden.

Activists hold a news conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 10 asking for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the court.

Politics & Government

Black women form the first line of defense for a historic Supreme Court nominee

3:01pm March 18, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the court. For many activists, her confirmation hearings bring pride and inspiration — and resolve against conservative attacks.

A Russian court announced it has extended the arrest of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to the Russian state news agency TASS. Griner was detained at a Moscow-area airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her luggag

We're not hearing much about jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner. Could that be good?

9:00am March 18, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Media coverage of Griner's arrest on alleged drug charges in Russia has remained somewhat muted. Some say it's because of her skin color, but others say it's part of a bigger strategy to get her home.

National

Carlisle Indian Industrial School forced Native American children to assimilate

5:02am March 18, 2022

by Jey Born

As part of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, Kirby Metoxen had heard stories about his grandparents being sent to a boarding school in Pennsylvania, designed to strip Native children of their culture.

Health & Safety

Unlearning anti-Blackness in therapy: 'The Buck Stops Here'

6:25pm March 17, 2022

by Isabeth Mendoza

Twenty percent of American adults sought out therapy in 2020. But Grisell Valencia faced a challenge; she wanted a therapist who could respond to experiences she was dealing with as an Afro-Latina.

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Judith Kaplan, the eldest daughter of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, became the first American girl to have a bat mitzvah ceremony on March 18, 1922 in New York, N.Y. A clipping from the temple bulletin of Rhoda Shapiro's bat mitzvah announcement.

The bat mitzvah turns 100. It marks more than a coming-of-age for Jewish girls

1:00pm March 17, 2022

by Deena Prichep

Since girls in the U.S. began having the public ceremony 100 years ago, more and more women have taken on a larger role in Jewish life, including becoming rabbis.