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Black History Month offers opportunity, but can also put pressure on Black writers and flatten Black experiences

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul in 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

U.S. holding Saudi crown prince responsible for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

President Biden is about to release a U.S. intelligence report saying MBS approved the assassination of Khashoggi.

Did you start freelancing in 2020? Here’s what you need to know for tax season.

When you go from full-time employee to freelancer, your taxes get a whole lot more complicated.

A woman passes a fence outside Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19, Thursday, May 28, 2020 in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to humanize the victims who are often just listed as statistics. On Wednesday, the United States’ official reported coronavirus death toll reached one hundred thousand. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

How does COVID-19’s toll compare with heart disease, cancer and other causes of death?

Through Feb. 23, 2021, a total of 502,005 Americans died of COVID-19. That makes it the third most leading cause of death.

A man walks by a sign that is fixed at the window of a COVID-19 test center in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

When is the pandemic over?

In truth, there is no exact definition of what it takes for WHO to call an outbreak a pandemic, or to call it off, for that matter.

Volunteers distribute boxes of food to veterans and their families in a parking lot at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass., Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Why are so many military families scrounging for food?

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