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NEW: Elon Musk's xAI has installed far more gas turbines without federal permits at its Colossus 2 data center project in Tennessee than it has publicly acknowledged & the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest, a Reuters analysis found. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

Exploding electricity demand from AI data centers is driving companies to build off-grid power plants at a pace outstripping environmental oversight, with potentially big risks to public health.

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The embodiment of a picture being worth a thousand words. Caption: Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

NEW: As the nation turns 250, historical revision & erasure fuel a fight over how to tell its story: celebrate founding ideals & achievement or reckon with slavery, Indigenous dispossession, immigration exclusion & the long fight to make those ideals real for all. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

As America turns 250, museums and parks fight to preserve the country’s troubled history

A few minutes' walk from Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the nation's founding ideals were debated and declared, another part of the American story has become a flashpoint.

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SCOTUS ruled last week the Trump admin can end TPS for Haitians & Syrians. Haitian communities across America have built lives on that status — now it’s at risk. Uthy, 32, fled Haiti 3 years ago with her husband & child. “I live in pain every single day,” she says. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

As deportation protections end, Haitians confront fear and uncertainty

Uthy spent seven years in medical school training to become a doctor in Hait i. On the cusp of graduation, she fled the country three years ago to the U.S. with her husband, young child and a dream to...

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WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The NAACP on Tuesday launched a campaign urging Black athletes, recruits, fans and donors to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities in states it says are undermining Black voting power. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

NAACP urges Black athletes, fans to boycott Southern US universities over voting rights

The NAACP on Tuesday launched a campaign urging Black athletes, recruits, fans and donors to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities in states it says are undermining Black v...

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"You have a choice," said Louisiana resident Leona Tate. You ⁠can draw a map that reflects who Louisiana actually is: a state where Black voices belong in the halls of Congress. Or you can draw a map that tells my grandchildren, 'Your voices don't count.” www.reuters.com/world/us/ang...

Anger, confusion as Louisiana Republicans move to erase majority-Black US House district

Louisiana was the latest front in a national redistricting war that began in Texas and gained momentum across the U.S. South, including in Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina.

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"It is a form of Jim Crow terror," said state Representative Justin Jones, a Black Democrat, comparing the ⁠map to the racist election laws that restricted Black Southerners from voting prior to the 1960s. "You know what you're doing. It's shameful." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Tennessee Republicans pass new map erasing majority-Black US House district

Tennessee Republicans on Thursday approved a new congressional map dismantling a majority-Black U.S. House district centered on Memphis, as several other Southern states seek to leverage last week's U...

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We are actively witnessing the erasure of rights for Black Americans and other communities + the ongoing erasure of Black/journalists of color in newsrooms at a time where we need their reporting and leadership more than ever in these spaces.

EXCLUSIVE: EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas allegedly violated professional conduct rules of the Virginia State Bar by refusing to enforce key provisions of federal civil rights laws, according to a complaint submitted to the bar Thursday, shared ‌with Reuters. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exclusive: US EEOC Chair violated ethics rules halting LGBTQ cases, complaint alleges

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas allegedly violated professional conduct rules of the Virginia State Bar by refusing to enforce key provisions of federal civil rights l...

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Reuters@reuters.com · 4mo ago

Many cited its symbolic power and historical weight in a long arc of Black achievement in aviation and space exploration — and proof that not even the sky is the limit. "It's really inspirational to many other young children that are actually dreaming that dream.”

Circling the moon, a Black astronaut inspires millions reut.rs/4dCiQd7

We’re often tasked with writing heavy stories as journalists. But sometimes we bear witness to history as it inspires generations. Take a read of one of my favorite stories of the year. “It just makes me feel like he's paved the exact road for someone like me.” www.reuters.com/business/aer...

NASA engineer Naia Butler-Craig poses for a photo

Kat Stafford@katstafford.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"It’s not enough for people like me that have served with him (Talarico) and know him to go out in our communities and say, ‘Vote blue, no matter who,’" said Texas state Representative Lauren Ashley Simmons. "It can’t be assumed that we’re just going to support whoever’s on the ticket."

A coalition of white, college-educated Democrats & Latino voters delivered Texas state Rep James Talarico the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. But his chance of winning the seat in Nov may hinge on a group that he did not receive much support from: Black voters. www.reuters.com/world/us/tex...

Photo of James Talarico and supporters. And the headline of the story: Texas Democrat Talarico faces tough test with Black voters in Senate race

NEW: Republicans’ longstanding support among voters of Cuban and Venezuelan descent in South Florida, a cornerstone of the party’s regional success over the past decade, is showing signs of strain ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

Democrats see a chance to win back Latino voters in southern Florida

Republicans’ longstanding support among voters of Cuban and Venezuelan descent in South Florida, a cornerstone of the party’s regional success over the past decade, is showing signs of strain ahead of...

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Kristen Clarke, who led the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under President Joe Biden, will serve as the NAACP's general counsel as the largest U.S. civil rights group looks to counter ‌what it describes as escalating attacks on voting rights. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

NAACP hires DOJ civil rights chief in Biden administration

Kristen Clarke, who led the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under Democratic President Joe Biden, will serve as the NAACP's general counsel as the largest U.S. civil rights group look...

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Kat Stafford@katstafford.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Drawing attention to this: Deportation fears + Trump’s aggressive immigration efforts are also impacting rates among MI’s Latino communities. “One of the greatest public health achievements was vaccinations, and we're going backwards,” Detroit community leader Angela Reyes told me.

EXCLUSIVE: Vaccination rates among young children in Michigan dropped sharply during the first year of the Trump administration, providing an early indication of how vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is influencing immunization practices. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence

Vaccination rates among young children in Michigan dropped sharply during the first year of the Trump administration, a Reuters analysis of state data shows, providing an early indication of how vacci...

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NEW: Five months after a federal court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's overhaul of a U.S. Department of Transportation program, minority-owned businesses say they are being shut out of billions of dollars in construction work. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Minority contractors say Trump DEI rollback poses threat to their livelihoods

A federal program for disadvantaged enterprises can no longer take race or gender into account.

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That ’I Lied to You’ performance from Sinners was incredible. The culture on that stage. Chills. #Oscars

Some Republicans in Congress have drawn criticism for posting anti‑Muslim rhetoric, including comments targeting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city's first Muslim mayor, with one picturing him alongside a photograph of the September 11, 2001 attack on the city. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Congressional Republicans echo anti-Muslim rhetoric as Islamophobic incidents rise

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Today marks the anniversary of the Selma march that helped deliver the Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court decision that upheld the law. Sixty years later, the Court has largely reversed this civil rights victory. bit.ly/4lagoMy

The Bygone Era of Supreme Court Support for Voting Rights

Sixty years after upholding the Voting Rights Act, the Court has dismantled most of it.

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Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville journalist for a Spanish-language outlet, was covering immigration raids. The next day, agents arrested her without a warrant. www.cjr.org/analysis/est...

A Reporter in Nashville, Detained by ICE

Estefany Rodríguez, a journalist for a Spanish-language outlet, was covering immigration raids. The next day, agents arrested her without a warrant.

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I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life. Tornadoes in early March are pretty uncommon and certainly not of this size and scope.

Only 1 in 4 Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including 1 in 4 Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday. www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to u...

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“It's been beautiful to see the outpouring of love," said Yusef Jackson, Jesse Jackson’s youngest son. "We're dealing with a level of personal grief and loss that is a big gap in our household. He was our father, he was our minister and he was also our leader." www.reuters.com/world/us/mou...

Mourners line up for blocks in Chicago to honor civil rights icon Jesse Jackson

Memorial events honoring the life and legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson began in Chicago, drawing elected officials, advocates and community members to celebrate a man whose decades-long act...

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President Trump said Wednesday that U.S. Reps, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalized" and sent back to "where they came from," a day after they had a heated exchange with him during his State of the Union address. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump says Muslim lawmakers Omar, Tlaib should be removed from US after speech clash

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that two Muslim Democratic U.S. Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalized" and sent back to "where they...

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National Press Foundation@nationalpress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor journalists like @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social of @capitalb.bsky.social, whose work exemplifies the power of reporting to inform a community: https://nationalpress.org/topic/sinners-came-to-clarksdale-thanks-to-years-of-community-journalism/