By Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000…
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Why Quincy Jones should be prominently featured in US music education − his absence reflects how racial segregation still shapes American classrooms
By Philip Ewell, Hunter College Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at the age of 91, was one…
Global trade in wild animals is soaring – South Africa’s laws aren’t doing enough to prevent harm
By Neil D’Cruze, University of Oxford; Angie Elwin, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Stephanie-Emmy Klarmann, University of Johannesburg The quantity and…
The chilling crime spree of The Order – and its lasting effect on today’s white supremacists
By Matthew Valasik, University of Alabama and Shannon Reid, University of North Carolina – Charlotte Justin Kurzels’ new historical crime…
Man who jumped Las Vegas judge’s bench and attacked her sentenced to decades in prison
LAS VEGAS — A man who was captured on a courtroom video that went viral showing him leap over a…
I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right
By David Cunningham, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis In a symbolic rebuke of the American South’s…
Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet and author, dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, and teacher who became a celebrated literary talent amid the Black Art Movement in the…
Four women drop lawsuit accusing former Indiana AG Curtis Hill of groping them
INDIANAPOLIS — A civil lawsuit accusing the former state attorney general of groping four women while he was allegedly intoxicated…
Daniel Penny found not guilty in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely
NEW YORK — Daniel Penny was acquitted on Monday of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a…
African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes
By Wenlong Carl Chen, University of the Witwatersrand A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to…
