About genes and jeans and the drive to restore America’s supposed ‘center’
Aria S. Halliday, Ph.D., top right, holds the Marie Rich Endowed Professorship and is associate professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and …
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A Gaza family dedicates each day to enough food to survive
SOMETIMES LENTILS. SOMETIMES NOTHING: "If the war goes on, I am thinking of taking my life. I no longer have any strength or power." PHOTO …
Democrats should dismantle this ‘legal’ drug cartel: pharmacy benefit managers
Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Lina Khan blew whistle, was ousted. STOCK PHOTO Just before President Trump pushed her out at the behest of his corporate …
Gaza’s starvation crisis: 5-year-old weighed less when she died than when she was born
Women wait to receive food at a distribution point in Gaza City. PHOTO COURTESY OF PALESTINE.UN.ORG Esraa Halib wept that sunny Friday in July when …
Leaders increase security after vandalism reports at Texas, California mosques
REBUILDING TRUST: In Texas, a gathering at Nueces brought together neighbors and others, including Christians and Jews, to paint over the vandalism, clean up the …
A mother’s plea: The urgent need for productive conversations about gun violence
When I bought my 14-year-old son a crisp, navy suit with a yellow bowtie for his upcoming spring formal, I never imagined that I’d have …
Racism, not humor, seen in name, operation of Everglades migrant holding pen
PROFES SOR MARVIN DUNN: “The term ‘gator bait’ never left the lexicon, par ticularly in the South." PHOTO COURTESY OF X.COM At the recent opening …
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity hosts Florida Youth Summit
GROUP ACTIVITY: FYILS participants engaging in mediated team building. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Orlando – The Florida Federation of Alpha Chapters, …
US dietary guidelines have made us ill
Our nation’s top health officials are sounding the alarm on federal nutrition policy. They’re right to be concerned. Rates of diet-related diseases — including obesity, …
After 249 years of the republic, some still want to see them ‘barefoot and pregnant’
Victoria Woodhull PHOTO COURTESY OF WOMENSHISTORY.ORG Because the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee women the same rights as men, the best way to rectify that …