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Even as slavery was being abolished in the North, it continued to flourish, since the slave system was not confined simply to below the Mason-Dixon Line. The financing of the slave trade’s illegitimate commerce was sited heavily in Manhattan.

On Feb. 26, 1963, Ben Lewis, the first Black elected official from Chicago’s West Side, won what was set to be his second full term on the City Council -- perhaps next stop Congress. Two days later, Lewis was found shot to death in his ward office.

The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said.

Through their work in public education, public transit and public health, millions of African Americans have been able to provide for their families and strengthen their communities. But without federal aid now those jobs are on the chopping block.

“We need to shift our priorities now, from war to human needs. And in the case of Korea, a peace agreement would actually allow all parties to do that.”

In his February 19 Munich Security Conference speech, President Joe Biden seemed to assume the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose tentacles extend far beyond the North Atlantic, was doing fine before Donald Trump. That was his first mistake.

After organizing for three years, Lamont and Arvin, two rural communities in the heart of California’s oilfields have won a direct say in reducing the air pollution from oil, gas and agriculture production, which is some of the worst in the state.

"Our Constitution is clear that it is Congress, not the president, who has the authority to declare war," the senator asserted.

Today’s UK decision is doubly consequential: the court clarifies drivers’ employment status and the time for which they must be compensated.

California poet Fred Norman offers a beautiful elegy to Lawrence Ferlinghetti.