Two of the most prominent women’s basketball programs in the country hired their first Black head coaches in a time of major racial reckoning.
Author: Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY
With Senate on the line, Georgia activists are sliding into voters’ DMs before election
Social media is critical for reaching the 23,000 soon-to-be 18-year-olds who are allowed to vote for the first time Jan. 5 in Georgia Senate runoffs.
Parents can’t afford daycare and preschool. Oregon voters are giving it to kids for free.
In Oregon’s biggest city, preschool will soon be free. Activists say moms will return to the workforce. Could free daycare spread to other states?
Coronavirus updates: US passes 100K single-day count; 750K Americans filed for unemployment last week; Denmark wants to slaughter 15M minks
Latest COVID-19 news: The U.S. surpasses 100K new daily cases for the first time. China bars UK travelers. Denmark to slaughter minks.
‘You’re not wanted’: Trump’s proposed college student visa changes worry international students — again
International college students say they feel unwanted after yet another Trump administration proposal to restrict U.S. student visa rules.
‘Like smoking multiple packs a day’: Hazardous air quality worries West Coast parents
As fire season burns hotter and longer, which increasingly results in hazardous air blanketing the West Coast, what’s the risk for young children?
Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison among Women of the Century for arts, literature and media
Media executive Oprah Winfrey is one of the most famous, influential and wealthiest women in the world. Winfrey is on USA TODAY’s centennial list.
Why self-made millionaire Madam CJ Walker, Kamala Harris are missing from Women of the Century lists
Vice president running mate Kamala Harris and Madonna are among the missing women on USA TODAY Network’s Women of the Century project. Here’s why.
Defund police? Some cities have already started by investing in mental health instead
Across the U.S., some cities are investing millions of dollars into mental health resources and response teams while defunding some police budgets.
At a small Oregon meatpacking plant, first came fear, then a plan
At Nicky USA’s in Portland, Ore., sad realization struck that in the era of the coronavirus, the family business could not go on as planned.