Ethnic Adoption

The students passed the bill unanimously December 2, 2021 12:34 P.M. LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The UNL student government has unanimously approved a bill that would support and pass the University’s new racial equity plan. The plan was created to address the inequalities that Blacks, Browns and Indigenous people faced. …

Runners will be forgiven if they missed it. Nestled among those who wear felt turkey hats, the guy dressed up as a bottle of wine (I see you, Matt Villano, Democratic press contributor), 47 dogs, a goat and two cats who lined up for leading the very festive Turkey Trot …

Growing up, I never thought about being adopted. This is something that happened a long time ago and is why I don’t look like my white parents, but that’s about it. It’s the missing piece of the puzzle that puts others at ease. It’s the fact that I stashed it …

An independent body set up by the NHS to tackle health inequalities has formally pledged never to use general acronyms such as ‘BAME’ after receiving comments that they are not representative. The NHS Race and Health Observatory launched a four-week consultation with the public in July on how best to …

Before Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, Christmas and Thanksgiving reflected an intense regional divide. Thanksgiving was historically associated with the so-called Puritan North of America and Christmas with the South of the Horsemen. Lincoln, who was rooted in early Puritan New England on his father’s side and the Cavalier Virginia plantation class …

Newswise – Washington, DC – Recent protests in the United States against police brutality have garnered a lot of attention around the world, but many researchers have found that protests alone are not enough to bring about policy change. Others have found that the protests have a limited impact, for …

Posted: November 20, 2021 / 12:15 p.m. EST / Update: November 20, 2021 / 12:15 p.m. EST WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) – A group of state and local leaders and citizens gathered in Wheeling on Friday to urge federal officials to pass the free vote law. Participants spoke from the Wheeling …

The recent Tennessee General Assembly Special Session on COVID-19, which dramatically reduced the state’s response to COVID-19 on everything from masks to vaccines, was met with a big backlash in a Power Poll statewide. More than two-thirds of Power Poll voting members in Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville, as well …

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act promulgated by President Joe Biden on November 15 has been hailed by the White House and advocated as a landmark investment to improve Internet access in America. As a researcher who studies internet politics and digital inequality, I think the act should be celebrated …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Outside a Shia shrine in Kabul, four armed Taliban fighters stood guard on a recent Friday as worshipers showed up for weekly prayers. Beside them was a guard from Afghanistan’s predominantly Shia Shiite minority, an automatic rifle slung over his shoulder. It was a sign of …