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Sometime between 1970 and 1990, Monterey Park became America’s first suburban Chinatown, where swift demographic changes heralded conflicts over language, signs, a changing business scene and political voice. In 2023 it is a city once again in flux, but as a tight-knit community whose residents typify what it means to…

I worked with Dr. George Tiller in Wichita. I own the only abortion clinic in a red state. I'm still optimistic

TORRANCE, Calif. — I sat down Monday with the head of the FBI for a wide-ranging, on-the-record conversation about violations and illegal activities that are, far too often, going unchecked in America.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida rejected an Advanced Placement African American studies course because it contains critical race theory and state leaders objected to its lessons on “Black queer studies,” Black feminist thought and “the Black Struggle in the 21st Century,” according to the Florida Department of Education.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says in an Associated Press interview that she expects Congress will ultimately vote to raise America's debt limit

In his most recent exhibition, the Iranian American artist, Ali Banisadr, chose a title that has many layers: ‘Return to Mother,’ which is a translation of the old Sumerian word, ‘Ama-gi’. The artist speaks to me over Zoom from his studio in Brooklyn. He talks about the exhibition, and what…

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

DALLAS — There was no physical torch on the sidelines at Candlestick Park on that late January afternoon 41 years ago, but America could sense something was shifting when Joe Montana found Dwight Clark in the back of the end zone that day. The Cowboys, who had lived in the…

The newly established bipartisan House select committee tasked with studying strategic challenges coming from the Chinese government has aroused concerns in the Asian American community that lawmakers may wind up fueling anti-Chinese bigotry and broader anti-Asian discrimination in the United States.

Emboldened anti-abortion activists descend on Washington for annual march and commit to continue fighting

The debt ceiling has nothing to do with authorising new spending despite Republican claims that it does