[....] Black mothers die at a rate that's 3.3 times greater than whites, and Native American or Alaskan Native women die at a rate 2.5 times greater than whites, according to a report out this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The new charges dramatically raise the stakes of the case both for Assange and the news media, raising questions about the limits of the First Amendment and protections for publishers of classified information https://t.co/MpiGgncnuD
Trump's 2018 financial disclosure listed hundreds of businesses that trickled back into his personal trust. Here's how they are all linked. https://t.co/9SM9IJdNpZ
For years, Walmart workers have attended the company’s annual shareholders meeting to call for higher wages, better benefits and more predictable schedules.
Such a conflict isn’t unique to the U.S., but the consequences are far-reaching here. Caption to first graph illustration: Most Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, but most Americans live in a neighborhood won by President Trump
Reporter-vetted anecdotal sampling: not always my favorite thing but better than nothing when done by a specialist By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (National political reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign) @ WashingtonPost.com, May 20
“We’re not going to do it anymore, and we’ll go to the length of creating our own city—to create our own education system—to take control back from the status quo.”
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Anti-money-laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.
Voting concluded in India on Sunday in the final phase of a weeks-long election. With more than 900 million registered voters, the final results expected Thursday will decide if Prime Minister Narendra Modi stays in power,
says @gettleman of @nytimeshttps://t.co/uolF4SaOgJ
Is a city still a city if urban living is a luxury good?
"In 2000, the nearby Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene had a combined black population of about 45,000 and a white population of about 37,000. By 2015, there were 32,000 black residents and 62,000 whites." https://t.co/jH9LQeucJ1
950 taxi drivers ended up in bankruptcy after buying NYC medallions, many at the goading of unscrupulous lenders who saw immigrant strivers as easy marks for brazenly predatory loans. An infuriating expose: https://t.co/MrJlPVVWKk
Fentanyl is killing so many longtime drug users, especially older African-Americans in cities like Baltimore, that many are now pining for less-deadly heroin, which is increasingly hard to find. A harrowing, dystopian piece by the great @abbygoodnough: https://t.co/7wDe30ETAw
