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NASA has renamed its Washington headquar...

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Accessibility Is for Everyone: An Interview with Mark Bookman

University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. candidate Mark Bookman has studied in Japan several times, starting out ...
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Sign-Language-Friendly Businesses Take Off

To enter a shop and chat with the person behind the counter is a rare experience for deaf and hard of hea...
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Juneteenth: Remembering the End of Slavery

Juneteenth, or June 19th, is an annual holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. ...
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Refugees Who Made Their Mark as Americans

The United States leads the world in assisting refugees abroad until they can safely and voluntarily retu...
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The U.S. Protects the Right to Protest Injustice

In the United States, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right of people to assemble peaceably ...
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Americans March

For hundreds of years Americans have taken to the streets to say, “This is what we believe, and we will b...
Jul 7, 2020VIEW
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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 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people i...
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These Notable LGBTI Americans Are Economic Drivers

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

American medical students are volunteering to help COVID-19 health care workers manage the home front. ...
Jun 26, 2020VIEW
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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...
Jun 25, 2020VIEW
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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 ...
Jun 11, 2020VIEW
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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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