US race relations

Trump criticises Smithsonian’s focus on oppression

The Smithsonian is a vast museum and research complex and a premier exhibition space for American history and culture, with 21 museums and galleries and the National Zoo.

American Evolution

America’s political maps are shifting. So is who can win

A plaque marks the spot where Rosa Parks boarded a public bus and refused to yield her seat for a white passenger, her rebellion sparking a mass protest that forced authorities to end segregation on the city’s buses in 1956. It also brought to the national stage a dapper 26-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

American Evolution

George Washington’s White House had 9 slaves. Does it matter?

A panel which relates the story of Oney Judge, an enslaved woman in first US president George Washington’s household who escaped from the President’s House in Philadelphia in 1796.

US scrutinises more schools over admissions practices, diversity and pro-Palestinian protests

The Department of Justice alleged admissions practices at Duke University School of Law were biased in favour of Black and Hispanic applicants, citing findings of a federal probe.

US Justice Department says UC San Diego’s medical school favours black, Hispanic applicants

University of California San Diego said it was reviewing the communication it received from the justice department.

In the Hot Seat

Young athletes should enjoy the sport, stay away from comparison game, says ex-NBA star Jeremy Lin

Hegseth strikes female and black navy officers from promotion list

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined nearly three dozen senior military officers since taking office.

Missing Washington placard highlights Trump’s scrubbing of US history

The Francis Griffith Newlands fountain on the Washington, DC–Maryland border is dedicated to a long-dead, white supremacist senator.

Every black Republican is leaving the US House, erasing diversity gains

All four black Republicans in the House are leaving Congress in 2027 - a reflection of the striking and persistent lack of diversity in the GOP ranks of Congress.

DeCarlos Brown Jr, alleged killer of Ukrainian refugee in US, ruled incompetent to stand trial

DeCarlos Brown Jr (left) is charged with stabbing to death Ms Iryna Zarutska, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August 2025.

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