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Who shops at farmers' markets in the US?People who shop at the more than 8,700 farmers' markets operating in the U.S., either year-round or seasonally, generally fall into six distinct groups.
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Israel’s destructive actions in Lebanon are normalising war without rulesIn late April, Amal Khalil, a 43-year-old Lebanese journalist, was killed in a double-tap Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. When rescue teams tried to reach her and another injured journalist, they reportedly also came under fire.
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How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictionsAI algorithms such as facial recognition systems produce probabilities, not facts.
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Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernautIn 1968, Valerie Simpson became Motown’s first female songwriter to also receive a producer credit. This possibly happened because her songwriting partner was her husband, Nickolas Ashford.
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Is it wrong to pay incarcerated people in jail? This Pennsylvania county says noUnlike prison, jail confinement is primarily about custody and court processing, not punishment for convicted criminals.
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Black Americans find a racism respite through ‘Blaxit’Twanna Hines watched her television in shock on Jan. 6, 2021, from her Washington, D.C., home as hundreds of people who believed the lie that Donald Trump had won the 2020 election stormed the U.S. Capitol. Then she made a decision: It’s time to leave.
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What’s at stake in Trump’s executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulationThirty-eight states enacted laws in 2025 regulating AI in one way or another. They range from prohibiting stalking via AI-powered robots to barring AI systems that can manipulate people’s behavior.
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Malcolm X’s fearlessness livesAs threats escalated over the last year of his life, Malcolm expressed he had no fear in press conferences, speeches, and writings in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safetyIt’s the impossible choice millions of Americans face every day as the U.S. housing crisis collides with climate change. And we’re not handling it well.
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Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directlyIf you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where you traveled to over the holidays is up for sale.
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A database could help revive the Arapaho language before its last speakers are goneThe Arapaho people in Wyoming and Colorado believe their language can still survive, and so do I. That’s why I am working to combine decades of language documentation with new technological approaches in order to help revive the language.
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As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food wasteThe U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President Donald Trump’s second term.
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4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico’s troubled hurricane recovery – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after MelissaAcross Jamaica, streets are littered with torn-off roofs, splintered wood and other debris left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Downed power lines have left communities in the dark, and many flooded and wind-damaged homes are unlivable.
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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and cultureWelcome to Black History Month...
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Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courtsBefore his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or executive orders once he regained the presidency. These orders reset government policy on everything from immigration enforcement to diversity initiatives to environmental regulation.
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Not all insurrections are equal – for enslaved Americans, it was the only optionFor most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers watched thousands of Trump supporters assault the U.S. Capitol in their violent attempt to stop Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
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Justin Trudeau quits: How his focus on social policy will be his legacyJustin Trudeau has resigned after more than nine years as Canada’s 23rd prime minister.
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7-nation prisoner swap shows how diplomacy, not law, governs exchangesWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans were freed from Russia in a prisoner exchange on Aug. 1, 2024.
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Video game performers are becoming Hollywood stars in their own right − and are on strike to be paid and protected accordinglyAfter nearly two years of negotiations with gaming companies, video game performers, who are represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union, announced that they would go on strike due to an impasse over protections from generative AI.
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. unveils new Honorary Members including Tatyana Ali