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Black caucus lawmakers reintroduce bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have reintroduced a bill to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racial inequality.
Isiah Whitlock Jr.: 'Da 5 Bloods' feel like it was 'shot last week'
Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Norm Lewis discuss making Spike Lee's Vietnam War movie 'Da 5 Bloods' and its relevance to the ongoing protests against George Floyd's death and police violence...
Judd Apatow: Pete Davidson movie is 'well suited for this moment'
Judd Apatow discusses his decision to release "The King of Staten Island" on VOD and working with star Pete Davidson to tell a personal story.
Black caucus lawmakers reintroduce bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have reintroduced a bill to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racial inequality.
COVID-19: Relationship between social media use and prejudice against Chinese Americans
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that originated in China has claimed an estimated 100,000 lives in the United States, while a different sort of pandemic is spreading online against Asian Americans,...
For a day, Harvard science shuts down to #Strike4BlackLives
Harvard science shut down for a day of reflection and a kind of reckoning. Faculty, staff, and researchers across the entire FAS Division of Science and the John E. Paulson School of...
Texas seeks to vacate stay of execution for Ruben Gutierrez
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday asked an appeals court to vacate a federal judge's stay of execution for an inmate scheduled to die next week.
Police officer who fatally shot D'Andre Campbell not providing interview, notes to police watchdog
The officer who fatally shot a young Black man with schizophrenia at his family's Brampton, Ont., home in April has not agreed to an interview, nor turned over his notes...
Restaurant capacity limits eased as B.C. marks 6 days without a COVID-19 death
B.C. has marked a sixth straight day without a death from COVID-19, but Dr. Bonnie Henry is drawing attention to the province's other health emergency with a tearful statement about...
Fall 2020 ACS National Meeting will be completely virtual
Decision was based on COVID-19 input from San Francisco city and public health officials
Harvard experts discuss how to effect lasting change
The continuing nationwide demonstrations launched after the police killing of George Floyd have sparked a debate among minority groups and leaders, activists, academics, and public officials over how best to convert the energy...
Place doesn't trump race as predictor of incarceration
For black Americans—particularly men—growing up in better neighborhoods doesn't diminish the likelihood of going to prison nearly as much as it does for whites or Latinos, new Cornell research shows.
Study: News reports of education 'achievement gaps' may perpetuate stereotypes of Black Americans
Scholars have warned that the framing of racial "achievement gaps" in tests scores, grades, and other education outcomes may perpetuate racial stereotypes and encourage people to explain the gaps as...
Granddaughter alerts winner to record lottery jackpot
A Canadian woman said she was unaware of her record-breaking $40.4 million lottery jackpot until her granddaughter told her the winning ticket had been sold locally.
'Aggressive outreach' needed to get stimulus funds to 12M who don't file taxes
State and local leaders must carry out "an aggressive outreach program" to ensure stimulus payments reach some 12 million Americans who didn't file tax returns in the past two years,...
Elite gamers share mental toughness with top athletes, study finds
In one of the first studies to investigate mental toughness and stress and coping in high performing esports athletes, researchers have found similarities to traditional elite athletes.
Blythe George’s ambitions are to help her community, her tribe
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. For Blythe George, the road to becoming a scholar who studies the effects of poverty, unemployment, and crime among...
Watch: BTS shares animated 'We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal' video
K-pop group BTS released a video for "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal" as part of BTS Festa 2020, a celebration of its seventh anniversary.
The brain uses minimum effort to look for key information in text
The human brain avoids taking unnecessary effort. When a person is reading, she strives to gain as much information as possible by dedicating as little of her cognitive capacity as...
Research, personal story frame professor’s new book
The intellectual questions Durba Mitra asks are formed as much from her archival research as from her conversations with women on their experiences of social judgment and subordination and their efforts to challenge...
'Hightown': Starz renews crime drama for Season 2
"Hightown," starring Monica Raymund, Riley Voelkel and Shane Harper, will return for a second season on Starz.
Top general Mark Milley regrets Trump photo-op, police force against protesters
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley apologized Thursday for his role in a photo opportunity last week by the White House and President Donald Trump during which protesters were...
Watch: H.E.R. performs new song 'I Can't Breathe' on iHeartRadio concert series
H.E.R. performed a new song related to George Floyd titled "I Can't Breathe" during her apperance on iHeartRadio's "Living Room Concert Series."
Going online due to COVID-19 this fall could hurt colleges' future
When the California State University system decided to conduct all of its classes online this coming fall, administrators said it was to avoid the health risks associated with COVID-19. Many...
Opposition to sexual- and gender-minority rights linked to support for Christian dominance
,Many Christian and political conservatives in the U.S. support legislation to deny sexual and gender minorities the rights most Americans enjoy: unfettered access to jobs, housing, services and public facilities;...
Housing instability undermines public health response to COVID-19 pandemic
A long-brewing crisis of housing instability in the U.S. threatens to mar the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic by undermining strategies such as social distancing, says a new...
Charles Lieber indicted on false statement charges
Federal grand jury indicts Harvard nanoscientist for lying about his participation in China's Thousand Talents Program
'Live PD': A&E cancels series amid George Floyd protests
"Live PD" host Dan Abrams reacted after A&E officially canceled the show in the wake of George Floyd's death.