Haunani-Kay Trask, a scholar, poet and champion of sovereignty for the Hawaiian people who decried what she called the colonization and despoliation of her native land, died on July 3 in Honolulu. She was 71. The cause was cancer, her partner, David E. Stannard, said. In her best-known book, “Notes From a Native Daughter: Colonialism […]
It was an exceptional week of news for Indigenous women, starting with the appointment of Mary Simon, an Inuk from northern Quebec, as Canada’s first Indigenous governor general. Then on Thursday, Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister and a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-kwil-tach people, announced that she was leaving politics in a […]
A recent college graduate received an accidental email from a prospective employer describing her as ‘not that cute’. Gracie Lorincz, 21, posted about the incident in a TikTok video that has gone viral. Lorincz applied for a job as a brand representative for the Michigan-based Ava Lane Boutique clothing store, which claims to inspire ‘beauty […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Workers began to remove the last of the high-security fence around the US Capitol on Friday (July 9), more than six months after former president Donald Trump’s supporters launched a deadly assault on the home of the US Congress. The 2.4m-high black mesh fencing at one point surrounded several blocks of Capitol […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of overhauling the country’s oldest electronic health record system at the country’s largest hospital network. Even if it goes smoothly, planners have repeatedly warned, it will be an extremely complicated task that will take 10 years and cost more than $16 billion. And so far, it […]
Late nights. Weekend votes. Maybe even the cancellation of part of Congress’s prized August recess. The Senate’s top leader warned Democrats on Friday to expect an arduous sprint when the chamber returns to session next week to try to push forward much of President Biden’s ambitious economic agenda in two hulking bills. In a letter […]
President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding that Russia ‘take action’ on recent ransomware attacks in the US and said he will take ‘any necessary action’ to defend America. During the hourlong call on Friday, Biden ‘underscored the need for Russia to take action to disrupt ransomware groups operating in Russia and emphasized […]
A 14-year-old teenager from Louisiana has become the first ever African-American to win the US National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde made history on Thursday as she was crowned the winner of the prestigious Scripps spelling competition – and in doing so became the first black American to win the contest in its 96 year history. […]
A 23-year-old man has been charged with killing three men – including a professional golfer – at a luxury country club in in the US state of Georgia. Bryan Rhoden was arrested on Thursday after allegedly shooting dead Gene Siller, a golfing pro, when he stumbled upon Rhoden committing an ‘active crime’ at the Pinetree […]
A 23-year-old man has been charged with killing three men – including a professional golfer – at a luxury country club in in the US state of Georgia. Bryan Rhoden was arrested on Thursday after allegedly shooting dead Gene Siller, a golfing pro, when he stumbled upon Rhoden committing an ‘active crime’ at the Pinetree […]