Daniel Johnson

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New experimental gene therapies offer potential cure for sickle cell, which largely affects Black communities

U.S. backs Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó amid attempted coup of leftist government

Zora Neale Hurston helped create 1st mass-produced Black doll that wasn’t just a painted white one

China detains Canadian citizens in response to U.S. request for Canada to extradite Huawei CFO

Hours after judge rules 18-year-old can’t stand trial due to mental health, he’s found dead in jail

Mother of MAGA hat wearing teen who terrorized Indigenous man blames “Black Muslims”

Turkey claims New York Knicks’ Enes Kanter has ties to terror group after he criticizes government

Study: Body cam footage negatively influences viewers’ perceptions of police violence victims

Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal granted the right of appeal by Philadelphia judge

#Data4BlackLives conference highlights how technology and race interact

Julián Castro, ex-housing secretary under President Obama, declares intent to run for presidency

APA says ‘masculinity identity’ is linked to homophobia and misogyny in new report

Abused Saudi teen who posted story online will be resettled in Australia after refugee status is verified

Networks decide to air Trump begging for border wall money, immediately forced to fact check lies

Two suspects arrested in murder of Jazmine Barnes, but neither matches witness descriptions

Democrats pass symbolic ‘anti-corruption act’ as first action of the new Congress

After shooting threats, lawsuits, & many celebrities refusing to appear, Lifetime’s ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ premieres

Jair Bolsonaro sworn in as Brazil’s President, increasing the number of far-right demagogues globally

Netflix pulls episode of ‘Patriot Act’ critical of Saudi government at their request, draws criticism

Saudis under fire for using child soldiers from Darfur, offering money for them to fight in Yemen

Organizers of California Women’s March cancel event over concerns that it’s ‘too white’

France’s investigation into attack that prompted the Rwandan genocide is finally ended

Recently sworn-in Puebla, Mexico Governor Martha Erika Alonso dies in helicopter crash

ICE dumps 200 migrants at El Paso bus station, leaving them in the cold with no money or shelter

Hungary is in revolt over a draconian overtime bill workers are calling a “slave law”

Parents outraged as New Orleans votes to become the first major city in America with an all charter school system

New report details China’s drastic measures to silence opposition and activists

ICE facility maintained by GEO Group is blocking access to lawyers for detained immigrants

Betsy DeVos to roll back school racial discrimination rules enacted by the Obama administration

Virginia judges cite Dr. Suess’ ‘The Lorax’ in decision to strike down natural gas pipeline

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