Until now, the consensus scholarly view has held that collards came to the Americas early in the 16th century with Spanish, Portuguese or English Europeans, who introduced collards as a garden plant that was then taken up by enslaved Africans.
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Commentary: Overburdened community pharmacies are closing. What to know
The loss of local pharmacies threatens individual and community access to medications, pharmacist expertise and essential public health resources, the authors write.
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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
Hip-hop and house are both distinctly Black American artforms that originated on the streets and dance floors of U.S. cities.
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The Conversation: Almost half of evicted women, families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out
Due to historical and contemporary structural racism in the U.S., Black renters and their children are affected the most.
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What is a migrant? What is ICE? 10 terms to help you understand the debate over immigration
Understanding the many different immigration terms – some technical, some not – can help people better understand immigration news.
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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences
Why is TikTok controversial? Are the claims of it being a national security risk valid? And what will the case mean for free speech? The Conversation’s contributors weigh in.
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Study: Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness, suicidal thoughts
Black Americans’ mental and physical health experiences have gone largely understudied within existing long-COVID research, the authors note.
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Analysis: 99% of US streams off the radar amid rising flash flood risk
Several universities are working together in a collaboration called FloodAware to develop a system that integrates “floodcams,” social media posts, smart city sensors and more to detect and warn residents of flash floods.
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More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
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Commentary: American principle of birthright citizenship under attack from Trump allies
A new debate has ignited over whether Congress has the power to alter birthright citizenship.