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Tuskegee Study contributes to vaccine hesitancy of Black Americans

02:32 African Americans are less likely than Whites or Hispanics in the U.S. to get a COVID-19 vaccine.Many issues contribute to this, including wariness of the U.S. healthcare system i

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U.S. Census shows more diversity as its White population shrinks

The White population in the United States is shrinking as the country becomes more diverse, according to data from the 2020 Census.People who identify as Asian Americans are the fastest-growing et

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The Tulsa Massacre is emblematic of America's reflex to forget

Editor's note: Thomas O. Falk is a London-based political analyst and commentator. He holds a Master of Arts in international relations from the University of Birmingha

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The Tulsa Massacre is emblematic of America's reflex to forget

Editor's note: Thomas O. Falk is a London-based political analyst and commentator. He holds a Master of Arts in international relations from the University of Birmingha

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Sharks use Earth's magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say

A bonnethead shark. /CFP Sharks use the Earth's magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across the world's oceans, scientists have found.Res

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Sharks use Earth's magnetic field as a GPS, study suggests

Marine laboratory experiments with a small species of shark confirm suspicions that sharks use magnetic fields to aid navigation.

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How China's Dong people make 'bright cloth'

02:04 In Zhaoxing Dong Village, southwest China's Guizhou Province, the Dong people still preserve the tradition of handmade cloth and costumes. Different from other co

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Great white sharks use certain parts of the ocean to 'prepare for adulthood'

The species is heading for extinction but new research may help by pin-pointing areas used by young sharks to learn.

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Racism and the justice system in the U.S.

03:02 From police to courts to prisons, African Americans often interact with a justice system many say is stacked against them. Why are Black Americans more likely than Whites to be st

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Virus traps low-income Americans in financial hardship

04:03 As Christmas approaches, people wait in snaking lines of cars for free meals from food banks across the United States. At one center in North Texas, 3.4 million meals were handed

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Virus traps low-income Americans in financial hardship

04:03 As Christmas approached last year, people waited in snaking lines of cars for free meals from food banks across the United States. At one center in North Texas, 3.4 million meals

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What Biden learned in Wilmington had huge impact in his development

04:44 Joe Biden, U.S. President-elect, grew up in Wilmington, Delaware.It's a city in a small state that had a huge impact in Biden's development.It's where he first learned about issu

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Racism is behind U.S. Capitol insurrection

Street vendors selling President Donald Trump memorabilia are seen on the sidewalk near the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Harvey Dzodin is a senior

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Virus traps low-income Americans in financial hardship

04:03 As Christmas approached last year, people waited in snaking lines of cars for free meals from food banks across the United States. At one center in North Texas, 3.4 million meals

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What's the origin of racism in U.S.?

03:32 Claiming the American soil as theirs alone, white supremacists may have forgotten their history. Their ancestors – Anglo Saxons – were once the outsiders.Ordinary Americans shoul

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U.S. Department of Justice sues Yale, alleging race-based discrimination

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Thursday against Yale University, accusing the university of violating federal civil rights laws by discriminating

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Facebook tightens political ad bans as US election nears

With just over a month to go before Americans head en masse to the polls in an extraordinarily contentious election, Facebook is expanding restrictions on political adv