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From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

Sunday, March 15 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy. Wrory Ficklin was sitting with his mother and brother, watching funeral... Read More.

Decades after violence in Selma spurred the Voting Rights Act, organizers worry about its fate

Sunday, March 8 by SRN News

SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city this weekend, amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act. The March 7, 1965, violence... Read More.

There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy

Tuesday, February 17 by SRN News

CHICAGO (AP) - From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle - a movement with much unfinished business - he created a bridge. From the South's fight with Jim Crow to the... Read More.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

Tuesday, February 17 by SRN News

CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84. As a young organizer in... Read More.

San Francisco teachers, district reach deal to end first strike in decades

Friday, February 13 by SRN News

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco teachers have reached a tentative agreement with the school district to end their strike, the first such walkout in nearly 50 years. San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su said schools will reopen to staff Friday and to... Read More.

Deutsche Bank posts biggest annual profit in nearly two decades a day after police search

Thursday, January 29 by SRN News

By Tom Sims and Matthias Inverardi FRANKFURT, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank on Thursday posted its largest annual profit since 2007 after a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter, a day after police searched the bank in an alleged money-laundering probe. Germany's largest lender recorded net profit attributable... Read More.

Maine’s ‘lobster lady’ Virginia Oliver, who worked decades in the lobster industry, dies at 105

Tuesday, January 27 by SRN News

Virginia Oliver, one of the oldest lobster fishers in the world who trapped crustaceans in Maine for nearly a century, has died. She was 105. Born in Rockland, Maine, Oliver started trapping lobsters at age 8 alongside her father and older brother at a time... Read More.

Hong Kong rings in 2026 without fireworks after deadliest blaze in decades

Wednesday, December 31 by SRN News

HONG KONG (AP) - Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong's New Year celebrations. Not this year. The territory will ring in 2026 without spectacular and colorful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November... Read More.

Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

Friday, December 26 by SRN News

Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy - building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country have disrupted global... Read More.

Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

Thursday, December 25 by SRN News

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Residents of Somalia's capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country's first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it is a major departure from clan-based power-sharing negotiations. The election of local council members,... Read More.

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From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

Decades after violence in Selma spurred the Voting Rights Act, organizers worry about its fate

There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

San Francisco teachers, district reach deal to end first strike in decades

Deutsche Bank posts biggest annual profit in nearly two decades a day after police search

Maine’s ‘lobster lady’ Virginia Oliver, who worked decades in the lobster industry, dies at 105

Hong Kong rings in 2026 without fireworks after deadliest blaze in decades

Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

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