New York bans religious exemptions for vaccines amid measles outbreak
Lawmakers in New York have voted to eliminate religious exemptions for school vaccines for children, as the state grapples with
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New York City bans hair discrimination to fight racism
The New York City Commission on Human Rights has released guidelines against targeting people on the basis of their hairstyle,
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New York school ‘strip search’ of black girls aged 12 investigated
Allegations that four black 12-year-old girls were strip searched at a school should be investigated at state level, New York
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Interview with Jeanette Young by Marcia Dixon
The past year has been an amazing one for fashion designer, stylist, speaker and preacher, Jeanette Young, who won rave
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‘This is Wakanda’: the black tech entrepreneurs taking on Silicon Valley
In the 2000s, most investors would hear that a tech company was from Atlanta and immediately say, ‘No.’ But great
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Matisse to modernity: the evolution of black female models in art
A new exhibition explores the progression of black women within artwork from crass caricatures to figures in control of their
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