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Biden-Sanders task force may recommend Joe Biden support cannabis legalization. Will he listen?

Members of a criminal justice task force created to inform presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign have been discussing marijuana legalization —...

Being black in business is being ‘on your own’

Pam Brown and her husband Christopher know they will need help if the yoga studio they own in New York is going...

Survey: Women Are Rethinking Having Kids As They Face Pandemic Challenges

Enlarge this image Roughly 40% of women surveyed by the Guttmacher Institute said they changed...

Calls are growing to defund police in the US. Here are some lessons from overseas

The calls have multiplied as other instances of police violence against African-Americans have come to light. But what it means depends on who...

G.O.P. Faces Risk From Push to Repeal Health Law During Pandemic

WASHINGTON — Republicans are increasingly worried that their decade-long push to repeal the Affordable Care Act will hurt them in the November elections,...

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

Enlarge this image COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans, according to Medicare...

‘This Is a Change Election’: Will 2 Entrenched House Members Fall?

Two years ago, Adem Bunkeddeko and Suraj Patel were part of a crop of young New York Democrats who tried to ride the...

The Walls of the Church Couldn’t Keep the Trump Era Out

WILLIAMS, Ala. — In early 2017, a pastor in the Alabama countryside named Chris Thomas prepared to give his Sunday sermon. President Trump...

Undercounting Those Killed by the N.Y.P.D.

On the morning of May 30, as protests over the killing of George Floyd were sweeping the country, Mary Bassett, a prominent expert...

Multiple states and cities turn to mask mandates

Statewide, Californians will be required to wear face coverings in indoor public places, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. To the north, Oregon Gov....

It’s Time to Disband the DEA

Racism in America is not confined to the criminal justice system, it is embedded in all aspects of our society, but the continued...

Trump and de Blasio, Political Opposites, Have Similar Flaws and Challenges

During the social unrest and racial awakening of the 1960s and ’70s, the mayor of New York, John V. Lindsay, coined a memorable...

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