Despite average life expectancy among Americans increasing steadily since 2000, the gap between Black and white life expectancy has widened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic, the ...

Slaves were considered property, and they were property because they were black. Their status as property was enforced by violence -- actual or threatened. People, black and white, lived together ...

Black or white, or combinations of both ... The newt breeds in aquatic habitats - generally medium-sized ponds - but spends much of its life on land, in both rural and urban settings. Since this ...