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    ‘Evil and unforgivable’: With Obama-backed documentary set to air, prominent Alabama family addresses slavery after generations of silence

    By Jay Reeves and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this 1950’s photo released by the National Archives, a Black man included in a syphilis study has blood drawn by a doctor in Tuskegee, Ala. Fifty years after the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study was revealed to the public in 1972 and halted, Manhattan-based philanthropy organization Milbank Memorial Fund is publicly apologizing for its role in the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. (National Archives via AP, File)Health

    New York fund apologizes for role in Tuskegee syphilis study: ‘A really good example of history as restorative justice’

    By Jay Reeves and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, joins supporters at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, as he holds “Authorization of Representation” forms that were earlier delivered to the National Labor Relations Board in New York. Amazon is gearing up for its toughest labor fight yet, with two separate union elections coming to a head as soon as next week that could provide further momentum to the recent wave of organizing efforts across the country. Warehouse workers in Staten Island, N.Y., and Bessemer, Ala., will determine whether or not they want to form a union. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)Careers

    Amazon tries to stave off union drive on 2 fronts

    By Haleluya Hadero, Jay Reeves, and others
  • A plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery, Aslip, Illinois. Till’s 1955 slaying is still the subject of a civil rights investigation.Politics

    FBI Inquiry Into Emmett Till’s Murder Continues

    By Jay Reeves and The Associated Press