Many cited its symbolic power and historical weight in a long arc of Black achievement in aviation and space exploration — and proof that not even the sky is the limit.
"It's really inspirational to many other young children that are actually dreaming that dream.”
Victor Glover follows the legacy of earlier Black aviators like Lieutenant Colonel John William Mosley Jr., a Tuskegee Airman.
“We're all standing on the shoulders of the previous generation,” said William Eric Mosley, John’s son and a former United Airlines pilot.
NASA engineer Naia Butler-Craig poses for a photo
We’re often tasked with writing heavy stories as journalists. But sometimes we bear witness to history as it inspires generations. Take a read of one of my favorite stories of the year.
“It just makes me feel like he's paved the exact road for someone like me.”
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Yes, several folks made that point throughout the article and in interviews with our reporters.
"It’s not enough for people like me that have served with him (Talarico) and know him to go out in our communities and say, ‘Vote blue, no matter who,’" said Texas state Representative Lauren Ashley Simmons. "It can’t be assumed that we’re just going to support whoever’s on the ticket."
That's not at all the sentiment within this story. Several sources, grassroots folks and residents are noting that Black voters are key to success for any Democratic candidate and that Talarico's strategy must center investing in Black communities. But I understand where you're coming from.
“They have to do the work to invest resources in reaching Black voters and making them feel centered and a part of this campaign,” said state Representative Lauren Ashley Simmons, whose Houston district includes several historically Black neighborhoods.
Photo of James Talarico and supporters. And the headline of the story: Texas Democrat Talarico faces tough test with Black voters in Senate race
A coalition of white, college-educated Democrats & Latino voters delivered Texas state Rep James Talarico the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. But his chance of winning the seat in Nov may hinge on a group that he did not receive much support from: Black voters. www.reuters.com/world/us/tex...
“I think there is a tremendous opportunity for the Democratic Party to make inroads,” said Marta Arnold, 80, who fled the Cuban Revolution with her family the night Fidel Castro took power on January 1, 1959, and who voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 as an independent.
NEW: Republicans’ longstanding support among voters of Cuban and Venezuelan descent in South Florida, a cornerstone of the party’s regional success over the past decade, is showing signs of strain ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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Kristen Clarke, who led the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under President Joe Biden, will serve as the NAACP's general counsel as the largest U.S. civil rights group looks to counter what it describes as escalating attacks on voting rights.
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Drawing attention to this: Deportation fears + Trump’s aggressive immigration efforts are also impacting rates among MI’s Latino communities.
“One of the greatest public health achievements was vaccinations, and we're going backwards,” Detroit community leader Angela Reyes told me.
The largest declines were among white & Hispanic toddlers. Kennedy’s vaccine stances were the primary influence among white families, while Trump’s aggressive deportation efforts has impacted Latino families, dozens of public health officials, parents, researchers & community advocates told us.
EXCLUSIVE: Vaccination rates among young children in Michigan dropped sharply during the first year of the Trump administration, providing an early indication of how vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is influencing immunization practices. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
NEW: Five months after a federal court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's overhaul of a U.S. Department of Transportation program, minority-owned businesses say they are being shut out of billions of dollars in construction work. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
That ’I Lied to You’ performance from Sinners was incredible. The culture on that stage. Chills. #Oscars
Some Republicans in Congress have drawn criticism for posting anti‑Muslim rhetoric, including comments targeting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city's first Muslim mayor, with one picturing him alongside a photograph of the September 11, 2001 attack on the city. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Today marks the anniversary of the Selma march that helped deliver the Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court decision that upheld the law. Sixty years later, the Court has largely reversed this civil rights victory.
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Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville journalist for a Spanish-language outlet, was covering immigration raids. The next day, agents arrested her without a warrant. www.cjr.org/analysis/est...
I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life. Tornadoes in early March are pretty uncommon and certainly not of this size and scope.
Only 1 in 4 Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including 1 in 4 Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday. www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
“It's been beautiful to see the outpouring of love," said Yusef Jackson, Jesse Jackson’s youngest son. "We're dealing with a level of personal grief and loss that is a big gap in our household. He was our father, he was our minister and he was also our leader." www.reuters.com/world/us/mou...
House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump's rhetoric against Tlaib and Omar was "xenophobic" and "disgraceful. Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations also said Trump's comments were racist.
President Trump said Wednesday that U.S. Reps, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalized" and sent back to "where they came from," a day after they had a heated exchange with him during his State of the Union address.
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"We're in a moment where the fabric and the social compact of America, which included rights, could be unraveled and we could be on the brink of a long period of division and hate in America," said National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial.
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Spent today talking to just a few of the Black women who credit Jesse Jackson with their start in national politics. By inviting them in, he ensured they would help shape democracy for years to come. My latest on the coalition he built as part of his towering legacy: 19thnews.org/2026/02/jess...
Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84. www.reuters.com/world/us/jes...
I’d even go a step further to say it’s beyond a retrenchment and an erasure of our voices from prominent roles in legacy newsrooms — early career, veterans, across the board. More than half a century since the Kerner Commission report and we have yet to address much of what was laid bare in it.
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