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Gaming Community Cooperates to Raise Money for Mental Health
The professional gaming industry isn't well known for philanthropy, but a streaming organization dedicated to improving ...

Hawaii Museum Revisits History of Gender-Fluid Healers
HONOLULU (AP) — More than 500 years ago, Hawaiians placed four boulders on a Waikiki beach ...

A Migrant Survivor of the Trailer: ‘They Couldn’t Breathe’
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The advice of a friend to stay near the door of a ...

Author Jesmyn Ward Wins Library of Congress Fiction Prize
The 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has gone to Jesmyn Ward, who at ...

A Viral Reprise: When COVID-19 Strikes Again and Again
For New York musician Erica Mancini, COVID-19 made repeat performances ...

Marc Jacobs finds his Nietzsche at the NY Public Library
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not every designer who can pull off framing a fashion show ...

Pride Parades March on With New Urgency Across US
NEW YORK (AP) — Pride parades kicked off in New York City and around the country ...

Efforts Spotlight Slave Who Inspired Beach Name, Local Tale
BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach ...

Prize-Winning Texas Drama Teacher to Get Special Tony Award
NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go to a drama ...

Chinatowns More Vibrant After Pandemic, Anti-Asian Violence
The last week of April was a whirlwind for San Francisco's Chinatown ...

US Artist Leigh Recasts Colonial Imagery at Venice Biennale
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Simone Leigh's sculptures are making a monumental impression at the Venice Biennale ...

Oprah, Smithsonian Channel to Explore Health Care Inequities
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and the Smithsonian Channel are partnering to highlight racial disparities ...

Oak Trees Torn Down by Hurricane Reborn in Art Exhibition
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Shortly after Hurricane Sally wreaked havoc on Mobile's Bienville Square in September ...

Met Announces Mexican as 1st Female Architect for Wing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that a Mexican architect ...

Historic Houston Theater’s Pandemic Rescue a Public Good
HOUSTON (AP) — After a historic Houston theater seemingly closed for good last year due to ...

Activism Grows Nationwide in Response to School Book Bans
NEW YORK (AP) — Until a year ago, Stephana Ferrell's political activism was limited to the ...

Museum Begins Honoring Black Coachmen From the Jim Crow Era
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial ...

Manhattan DA Returns Artifacts Worth $20 Million to Greece
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund founder Michael Steinhardt ...

Inside a Special Black History Month Rite at ‘The Lion King’
NEW YORK (AP) — During February, a special ritual takes place backstage at "The Lion King" ...

Howard Gets $2M Grant to Digitize Black Newspaper Archive
Howard University has received a $2 million donation to digitize a major collection of Black newspaper ...

TV Study: LGBTQ Characters Rise in Number with Streaming
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LGBTQ representation on scripted TV series has grown along with the footprint ...

Stonehenge Through The Ages: Exhibit Brings Builders to Life
LONDON (AP) — For a monument that has been drawing crowds for thousands of years, Stonehenge ...

Utah Senator Blocks Internment Camp Designation, Draws Ire
DENVER (AP) — On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 ...

TCM’s Jacqueline Stewart Puts Black Film History in Focus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart makes a rich contribution to TCM for Black ...

Muscogee Dismayed by Nearly Naked Statue of Georgia Ancestor
ATLANTA (AP) — There's a problem with putting someone on a pedestal: Exposed on all sides, ...

Alabama Building to Share Names of KKK Leader, Black Student
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A University of Alabama building named for a former governor who led ...

Mississippi Mayor Withholds Library Funds Over LGBTQ Books
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — The director of a Mississippi library system says a mayor is withholding ...

Holocaust Novel ‘Maus’ Banned in Tennessee School District
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic ...

Iconic Musician Seeks to Rebuild Iraq Through Music
BAGHDAD (AP) — War kept him away from his beloved homeland for decades. Now, virtuoso oud ...

Indians Officially Changing Name to Guardians This Week
CLEVELAND (AP) — A new era of big-league baseball in Cleveland is about to start. The ...

Big Bird Backlash: Vax Lands Even Muppet in Political Flap
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Smokey Bear taught kids the importance of preventing wildfires. McGruff the Crime ...

Drones, Viral Videos Help ‘Nature’ Thrive After 40 Years
NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years ago, the programmers at PBS were eager to experiment, so ...

Chappelle Special Spurs Netflix Walkout and Counter Protests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle's special ...

Lummi Nation Totem Pole Making Journey to Biden
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A totem pole carved at the Lummi Nation from a 400-year-old red ...

‘Captain Underpants’ Spin-Off Pulled for ‘Passive Racism’
NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic novel for children that was a spin-off of the wildly ...

Some Medical Experts Unconvinced About Holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has ...

Banksy Painting Raises $23 Million for UK Health Charities
LONDON (AP) — A Banksy painting honoring Britain's health workers in the pandemic has sold for ...

California Adopts First Statewide Ethnic Studies Curriculum
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and ...

Calming Us Down or Revving Us Up, Music Can be Good for the Heart
Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached ...

6 Dr. Seuss Books Won’t Be Published for Racist Images
BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including "And to Think That I Saw It ...