• Controversy over 'In the Heights' raises awareness of colorism and racial inequity

    Controversy over 'In the Heights' raises awareness of colorism and racial inequity

    Jun 18, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

    ... America that because those places were colonized and its people are of mixed races, there is no racism. The key to changing behavior is by teaching history accurately and admitting that those biases exist. “Racial justice begins with our own community. It literally begins in our own families,” Chavez said ...

  • Under Pope Francis, Vatican changes its tone toward American nuns

    Under Pope Francis, Vatican changes its tone toward American nuns

    Apr 16, 2015 10:43 PM EDT

    ... group for U.S. nuns. The group, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, had been accused under the previous pope, Benedict, of straying from church teaching and overemphasizing social justice. The Vatican's earlier actions were seen as especially tough on women in the church. Pope Francis met with some ...

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    Chief Justice Roberts' Key Role in Health Care Ruling

    Jul 02, 2012 10:31 PM EDT

    ... power, which perhaps needs some active involvement by people before it can kick in, the taxing power is specifically designed so that it can apply -- for example, under a direct tax, it can apply simply for -- as the chief justice said, for existing. JEFFREY BROWN: All right. LAURENCE TRIBE: It ...

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    Vatican Rebuke: Are U.S. Nuns Promoting 'Radical Feminist Themes?'

    Apr 19, 2012 10:22 PM EDT

    ... WOODRUFF: But is that teaching that the Vatican is asking compatible with the other teachings that you were describing that have to do with social justice? JEANNINE HILL FLETCHER: Well, I think what I see the Women Religious doing is really -- is really looking for the various ways that they ...

  • News Wrap: Larry Summers leaves Harvard teaching job over Epstein ties

    News Wrap: Larry Summers leaves Harvard teaching job over Epstein ties

    Feb 25, 2026 11:50 PM EDT

    ... S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today. Rubio was in Saint Kitts and Nevis for meetings with leaders of the 15-member Caribbean community bloc. According to a State Department transcript, he told the group that -- quote -- "Venezuela is ...

  • Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says

    Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says

    Feb 25, 2026 11:03 PM EDT

    ... teach in his laboratory at the Zuckerman Institute in Manhattan.Axel was one of the 2004 winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries related to the human olfactory system. His name appears more than 600 times in Justice Department files reviewed by The Associated Press, including ...

  • News Wrap: Funeral service for Dick Cheney held at Washington National Cathedral

    News Wrap: Funeral service for Dick Cheney held at Washington National Cathedral

    Nov 20, 2025 11:45 PM EDT

    ... only managed to get 30 feet off the ground. The NTSB said the plane was last examined in 2021 and that it wasn't due for any detailed inspections of the parts in question. The Justice Department now has 30 days to release files related to the late sex offender ...

  • Dallin Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, named as new leader of Mormon church

    Dallin Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, named as new leader of Mormon church

    Oct 14, 2025 09:01 PM EDT

    ... the topic a centerpiece of his administration, experts say. Oaks was Nelson’s closest adviser in 2019 when Nelson rescinded a policy that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and labeled same-sex couples as sinners eligible for expulsion.Oaks has also been a strong advocate for civil public ...

  • Trump's vision for dismantling the Department of Education

    Trump's vision for dismantling the Department of Education

    Feb 12, 2025 11:25 PM EDT

    ... information about, how many schools are there, how many kids are enrolled, what's the demographics of those students, what's the demographics of the teaching force? This is information that we use for other federal programs. It's information that other researchers rely on, that journalists rely on, that ...

  • Juan Williams details 2nd civil rights movement in 'New Prize for These Eyes'

    Juan Williams details 2nd civil rights movement in 'New Prize for These Eyes'

    Jan 20, 2025 11:25 PM EDT

    ... a real conversation? The Republican Party right now is overwhelmingly a white people's party. It's 80-plus percent white. Look at the vote for Donald Trump, overwhelmingly white. Look at the vote for Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, strongly Black. We saw some decrease in terms of Black men ...