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The "Wicked" star returns to the stage nearly a decade after after her acclaimed Broadway debut in “The Color Purple.”

“Captain America can be an Asian man. Captain America can be a woman. Captain America could be anyone who stands for the ideals that Captain America stands for,” said Captain America comic book writer Mark Waid.

As more retailers like Walmart and Target drop DEI initiatives, companies’ efforts to find and fund Black-owned brands are also at risk.

Attorney General Raúl Torrez said the use of deadly force wasn't reasonable, noting that Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford immediately drew his gun and shot Presley Eze in the back of the head during a scuffle.

Officials in Sangamon County, Illinois, approved the payout after Massey was killed in her home last summer by a sheriff's deputy. She had called for help.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley will revive a federal reparations push at what she describes as an "inflection point" for the country.

Authorities defended their actions after a dozen or so people in black clothing displayed Nazi flags and symbolism at a demonstration on a freeway bridge north of Cincinnati.

The fourth defendant didn't appear to have reached a deal with prosecutors and is scheduled for a jury trial in August.

The number of alleged human rights violations is surging as officials ramp up deportations to Haiti, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.

The lawsuit contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship services and other valuable church programs.

“We’re building a revolution for the people," said owner Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, “so we can shatter glass ceilings.”