U.S. athletes to watch at the 2022 Winter Olympics [photo gallery]

By Lauren Monsen |  Sherry L. Brukbacher As the countdown begins for the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the world’s  elite athletes  are preparing to compete in a record 109 events in several sports — skating (which includes figure skating and speedskating), biathlon, skiing (which includes snowboarding and ski jumping), bobsledding, luge, skeleton, curling and ice hockey. Team USA  includes several stars, one ...
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By | 2 February, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: , , ,

Honoring America’s ‘First Lady of Physics’

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring a Chinese-American scientist for her significant contributions to nuclear physics, a field largely dominated by men. Born in China in 1912, Chien-Shiung Wu immigrated to the United States and became “one of the most influential American nuclear physicists of the 20th century,” the post office said  in a November statement  announcing plans to ...
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By | 9 February, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, News, Science & Tech | Tags: , , ,

Kamala Harris: America’s next vice president

By Lauren Monsen Kamala Devi Harris, a senator who has represented California in the U.S. Congress since 2017, will break barriers when she is inaugurated as vice president of the United States on January 20. She will be the first woman — and the first person of African, Jamaican and South Asian ancestry — to occupy that ...
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By | 20 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: , , , ,

Diversity is an essential component of the U.S. diplomatic corps

By Noelani Kirschner American diplomats represent U.S. values abroad and embody a core tenet of American life: diversity. In the United States, anyone — regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background — can become a diplomat and represent America abroad as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service. One of the many ways the ...
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By | 4 January, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News, News from Washington | Tags: , , , ,

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