The test pilot legend made famous in ‘The Right Stuff’ talks to USA TODAY about his life.
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What will 2021 bring? Promising vaccines and ‘the darkest days of our war on COVID-19’
Vaccines offer the promise of a renewed 2021, but first there are months ahead of the “darkest days” of the COVID-19 war.
After Biden win, Black activists demand reparations for slavery, police reform
After helping to deliver crucial votes in a Biden-Harris win, Black Lives Matter activists say defunding the police and other issues need action.
‘These are tears of joy’: Americans honk horns, dance in the streets as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris claim victory in a deeply divided nation
The close Electoral College fight highlighted the deeply divided nature of the nation less than a year after President Donald Trump was impeached.
Native Americans battle COVID-19 and other voting obstacles as Election Day nears
COVID-19 has disproportionately sickened or killed Native Americans across the U.S., creating another Election Day challenge for many tribal members.
2020 Census ’emergency’ threatens to leave out communities of color and rural Americans
Census workers have less time to track down an unprecedented number of uncounted Americans, raising the prospect of a damaging undercount, experts say
Activists working in John Lewis’s shadow warn about voter suppression ahead of November vote
Voting rights activists are working to honor John Lewis by securing the vote for Black Americans and others in the face of suppression tactics.
The fight over monuments asks, who is an American hero and who is a ‘symbol of hate’?
From presidents to explorers, Americans are delving into the often abusive histories of former leaders honored by statues and monuments.
Charleston was rocked 5 years ago by the Mother Emanuel church shooting. The pain lingers. The fight for change continues.
Five years after nine Black Bible study members were killed by a white supremacist, Charleston activists keep pushing harder for legal reforms.
‘You have to keep at it’: What Black Lives Matter demonstrators can learn from civil rights protests of the past
If the civil rights battles of the past tell us anything, it’s that activists must be persistent to generate tangible change, historians say.