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The reboot of the 1963 March on Washington was meant to offer a jolt of optimism at a time of deep uncertainty.

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The salty air and warm breeze almost made up for the fact that the sand was almost emptied from his hourglass. “Thank you, man.” The man looked over his shoulder, straining himself with the effort. “T...

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Cahokia Heights, ​a Black Illinois community, was already drowning in sewage. Now it faces the loss of crucial federal repair money.

Decades after segregation left gaps in citizenship documents, a controversial voting bill could create barriers at the ballot box.

There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.