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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Biden Wants The Fed To Help Close Racial Economic Gaps. How Would That Work?

The central bank has blunt instruments at its disposal, which are not tailored to economics of different racial groups. Biden wants the Fed to more explicitly factor in Black and Hispanic outcomes.

In this March 5 photo, antique clocks are displayed at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time returns Sunday at 2 a.m. local time.

Daylight Saving Time Is Here Again. So Is The Debate About Changing The Clocks

Daylight saving time starts Sunday, March 8, bringing with it an extra hour of sunshine in the evening. But changing the clocks has become unpopular, and several states are looking to make a switch.

Law professor Richard Hasen warns that the 2020 presidential election could be compromised by voter suppression, inept election officials, and foreign and domestic manipulation through social media and fraud.

'Election Meltdown Is A Real Possibility' In 2020 Presidential Race, Author Warns

Law professor Richard Hasen is sounding the alarm about Russian hacks, voter suppression and other threats to the 2020 election. "There's lots of ways that things could go south," he says.

Mourners pray over the flag-draped coffins of two Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in the Thursday U.S. airstrike in Iraq, during their funeral procession at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday.

Rocket Attack Wounds U.S.-Led Coalition Troops, Iraqi Soldiers In Base Near Baghdad

Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi solders were injured Saturday, continuing a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran-backed militia largely playing out on Iraqi soil.

A portrait of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright hangs in the State Department's Treaty Room, in Washington, D.C, on Feb. 27, 2020.

Human Moments, Nuggets Of Reflection Are True Treasures In New Albright Memoir

"I was intent on making the next stage of my life even more interesting than the last," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright writes in Hell And Other Destinations.

Until recently, the Chinese public has been slow to embrace the #MeToo movement. One social media celebrity hopes to change that.

China Has Been Slow To Embrace #MeToo. Pop-Up Sexual Consent Workshops Might Help

After her own sexual assault, a social media celebrity in China is challenging the country's taboo against frank discussions about sex by hosting consent workshops for students at a Beijing bar.

Rocket Attack Wounds U.S.-Led Coalition Troops, Iraqi Soldiers In Base Near Baghdad

Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi solders were injured Saturday, continuing a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran-backed militia largely playing out on Iraqi soil.

Professor Robert Kelly, his wife, Kim Jung-A, and their children Marion and James spoke to the BBC about the challenge of balancing work and family life during the coronavirus crisis.

Viral 'BBC Dad' Returns To Discuss Working From Home: 'Just Really, Really Tough'

"It's just really, really tough" for parents to get work done with small children in the house, says professor Robert Kelly, also known as "BBC Dad."

Tents on San Julian Street in downtown Los Angeles on March 19, 2020.

For People Experiencing Homelessness, 'Stay At Home' Is Impossible

Libraries, gyms, coffee shops and fast food restaurants all help fill gaps in the social safety net. But with those spaces closed due to the coronavirus, unhoused people have few places to go.

An 1883 illustration of the Grim Reaper draped in a cloth labeled "cholera," arriving in America on a British ship.

Little Demons, Death And Biting Dogs: How We Picture Disease

Today's cartoonists are depicting the novel coronavirus as an angry, spiky ball — reflecting our knowledge of viruses. But before we knew what they looked like, we imagined disease differently.

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