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With Liberty and Justice for All: The Advancement of LGBTI Rights in the U.S.

The movement to safeguard the rights of ...

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These Notable LGBTI Americans Are Economic Drivers

As the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that gay and transgender employees are protected by federal an...
Jun 29, 2020VIEW
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COVIDsitters Help Frontline Workers

American medical students are volunteering to help COVID-19 health care workers manage the home front. ...
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Museum Exhibit on Epidemics Goes Digital

A Smithsonian Institution exhibit titled Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World has been expanded in it...
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U.S. Firms Get Creative to Attract Consumers

As the effects of the new coronavirus have hurt retail spending, economists are closely watching the beha...
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The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth

On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that nig...
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Scholars from U.S. Exchange Program Fight COVID-19

Scholars around the world who have been part of the State Department’s Fulbright Program are using their ...
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U.S. Cracks Down on COVID-19 Scams

Let’s be clear: There is no vaccine yet to prevent COVID-19. But there are swindlers around the world ...
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U.S. Data Release Spurs New Tools in Fight against COVID-19

The United States’ release of tens of thousands of coronavirus studies is enabling experts worldwide to u...
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U.S. Businesses Support COVID-19 Response

American businesses, both large and small, are rapidly shifting their production lines to respond to dema...
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Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders Who Shaped U.S. Society

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. This photo gallery features a few of the countless Asian Am...
May 28, 2020VIEW
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U.S. Survivors of COVID-19 Donate Plasma

In March, when Diana Berrent became one of the first people in Port Washington, New York, to test positiv...
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Delivering Trustworthy Health Data on COVID-19

When Americans look for data on COVID-19, the U.S. public health system delivers. The Centers for Dise...
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What Memorial Day Means to Americans 

Memorial Day honors America’s military men and women who lost their lives in service to their country. ...
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The American Red Cross Helps Those Who Suffer

Exhausted in 1869 after nursing U.S. soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, Clara Barton followed her doctor’s a...
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Ida B. Wells Receives Posthumous Pulitzer Prize

Ida B. Wells, an investigative journalist who risked her life exposing the horrors of lynching in the lat...
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American Spirit of Volunteerism Thrives in the Age of COVID-19

Americans are finding countless ways to help each other during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jennifer Haller (ab...
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To Count Everyone, U.S. Census Is in Many Languages

The U.S. government is offering its census in more than a dozen languages to ensure that everyone is incl...
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U.S. Charities Give Millions in Worldwide Coronavirus Effort

U.S. charities are donating millions to stop the spread of COVID-19, funding research into new therapies ...
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