The Chinese government is taking draconian steps to reduce birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a radical campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While women have talked about forced birth control before, …

Supporters of the Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma argue that the program would provide desperately needed federal support for the state’s rural hospitals, which have suffered greatly due to a drop in elective procedures after the coronavirus emerged. Since 2016, six of the state’s hospitals have closed and another eight have …

Black holes are not supposed to flash light. It’s right there in the name: black holes. Even when they collide with each other, massive objects are supposed to be invisible to astronomers’ traditional instruments. But when scientists spotted a black hole collision last year, they also saw a strange flash …

Kansas State soccer players said Saturday they planned to boycott the team’s activities until school officials create a policy allowing a student to be expelled for “overtly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions.” A tweet from student Jaden McNeil last week saying, “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for …

Falcon star Anthony Mackie has assessed the lack of diversity behind the scenes at Marvel Studios. Chatting with SnowpiercerDaveed Diggs for VarietyActors in the Actors segment, Mackie was asked how he was “interacting” with the Black Lives Matter movement in his professional life. “It really bothered me that I’ve made …