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Rebecca Journey, a lecturer at the University of Chicago, thought little of calling her new undergraduate seminar “The Problem of Whiteness.” Though provocatively titled, the anthropology course covered familiar academic territory: how...

For the head of admissions at a medical school, Dr. Mark Henderson is pretty blunt when sizing up the profession.“Mostly rich kids get to go to medical school,” he said.In his role...

On a rainy holiday weekend, the city of Chicago and the sport of NASCAR celebrated the unlikeliest of marriages with a lakefront ceremony.Chicago handled the decorations, with its soaring skyscrapers as the...

Darren Drozdov, a former professional football player whose later career in pro wrestling was cut short after an accident in the ring that paralyzed him, died on Friday in Pomona, N.J. He...

At least two people died and dozens more were injured in a shooting at a block party in Baltimore early Sunday, the police said.Just after 12:30 a.m., officers received multiple calls for...

The U.S. attorney in Delaware denied retaliating against an I.R.S. official who had disclosed details of the Hunter Biden investigation, and denied being blocked from pursuing serious charges against Mr. Biden, the...

Former President Donald J. Trump drew a crowd of thousands on Saturday to a quiet South Carolina town’s Independence Day event, where he assailed the integrity of major American institutions and painted...

U.S. military and C.I.A. drone operators generally must obtain advance permission from President Biden to target a suspected militant outside a conventional war zone, and they must have “near certainty” at the...

This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here.After 50 years in slavery, Belinda Sutton was freed and given a pension drawn from the estate of the man who...

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority with its plan to wipe out more than $400 billion in student debt, dashing the hopes of tens...