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First group of 49 white South Africans leaves for the US after Trump offered them refugee status
A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been ...
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In pinstripes and hats, with canes and twists on suiting, Met Gala crowd largely did menswear proud
Pinstripes. All Ways. Hats galore. Pantsuits. Gown suits. Zoot suits. Canes. A single cigar (looking at you Madonna) — and expert displays of tailoring. The Met Gala crowd, for the mos ...
One of Philly’s premier high schools is in turmoil, staff, parents, and students say
Enrollment issues, staff divisions and other problems are troubling Philadelphia's storied High School for Creative and ...
A jazz club in Johannesburg plays its last songs and laments downtown's decline
The club was named after marabi, a jazz movement that emerged in the 1920s, to honor South Africa’s rich musical heritage.
“There Is No Future In Forgetting”: Watch Great Americans Medal Recipient Ava DuVernay’s Smithsonian Speech
“Let us remind those who try to ‘restore’ a narrow, divisive past, that the future belongs to the whole of us,” said Great Americans Medal recipient Ava DuVernay to a Washington DC crowd this week ...
Quakers march against Trump's crackdown on immigrants, carrying on long faith tradition
A group of Quakers is marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate against the Trump ...
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America's long history of 'checks and balances' is being tested by Trump like rarely before
President Trump is testing principle of "checks and balances" like rarely before, signing executive orders, closing or sharply reducing government agencies, and denigrating judges who ruled against ...