President Barack Obama used the politically incorrect n-word during an interview to assert that racism persists in the US, including many forms that are not overt, and the nation was not "cured of it". ...
But we are not going to allow this symbol to divide us any longer. The fact that people are choosing to use it as a sign of hate is a something we cannot stand. The fact that it causes pain to so many is enough to move it from the Capitol grounds – it is, after all, a Capit...
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Charleston's historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church reopened its doors and held its first service four days after a 21-year-old white man gunned down nine black church members in one of the worst tragedies of its kind at a US religious institution....
The First International Day of Yoga was celebrated in the United States in many cities, including in the capital Washington DC, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco. Thousands of people participated in these celebrations with fervor and enthusiasm. ...
A yogic calm settled on the frenetic "Crossroads of the World", Times Square, on Sunday as 30,000 people thronged its plazas for an hour of yoga practice, an assembly exceeded only by the 36,000 on New Delhi's Raj Path....
As a night of thunderstorms and a dark, cloudy morning was broken by shafts of sunlight, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the First International Day of Yoga here with a call to harness the power of the ancient art to usher in a life of dignity for humanity....
