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Mental Health Response Teams Yield Better Outcomes Than Police In NYC, Data Shows

Friday, July 23, 2021

A New York City pilot program dispatches mental health and medical care instead of police to some 911 calls. Early data shows more people accepted help and fewer people were admitted to the hospital.

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Internet Outage That Crashed Dozens Of Websites Caused By Software Update

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Amazon, Delta and Capital One were among dozens of sites hit by the widespread outage. Content distribution network Akamai says the disruption was caused by a software configuration update.

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Americans Will Soon Be Able To Go To Their 2nd Most Popular Travel Destination

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

After 16 months of closure, the Canadian government announced that vaccinated Americans will be able to travel north of the border, starting Aug. 9.

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'Never Have I Ever' Complicates Its Asian American Characters. That's The Whole Point

Friday, July 16, 2021

Season two of Mindy Kaling's "steamy teen romance" gives Asian American characters their own complicated stories of navigating love, grief and even a new frenemy.

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Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

A new study finds that for more than 70% of all U.S. counties, urban temperatures are higher in neighborhoods that have low-income people and communities of color.

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Cornel West Has Announced He's Leaving Harvard And Says The School Has Lost Its Way

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

In a resignation letter posted to Twitter on Monday, West says the university is suffering from "intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of deep depths."

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Illinois Has Become The First State To Require The Teaching Of Asian American History

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation last week that will require public school students to learn about Asian American history starting in the 2022-2023 school year.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Chose Howard Over UNC. HBCUs Hope It's The Start Of A New Era

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

At historically black colleges and universities, Hannah-Jones' decision is being celebrated as an important step toward redefining which schools should be considered among the most prestigious.

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Heat Wave Killed An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures, And Scientists Fear Even Worse

Friday, July 09, 2021

An estimated 1 billion sea creatures, mostly mussels, died in the heat wave last week along Vancouver's shorelines. But the marine biologist taking count worries the actual number will be much higher.

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Confederate Monument That Sparked Deadly Charlottesville Rally To Be Removed Saturday

Friday, July 09, 2021

Statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson will be removed in the Virginia city almost four years after the deadly Unite the Right rally.

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