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The 2025-2026 flu season seems to be affecting children more severely than usual. (Credit: iStock via Getty Images)

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January 21, 2026

New Variant Of The Flu Virus Is Driving Surge Of Cases Across The US And Canada

Behind the scenes photo from North of North Season 2 production. (Credit: Netflix)

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January 20, 2026

Production Underway On Season 2 Of Acclaimed Arctic Comedy North Of North For Netflix, APTN And CBC

Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Lambda Pi Omega Chapter provide various services to the local Detroit community, such as reading to students, planting trees, and donating money to women's shelters. (Courtesy AKA Lambda Pi Omega Chapter)

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January 20, 2026

Detroit Heard King’s Dream First. These Black Women Are Carrying It Forward.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, appears at a Chicago news conference with Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh on May 31, 1966.

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January 19, 2026

Building ‘Beloved Community’: Remembering The Friendship Between Martin Luther King Jr. And Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh

Sunny Anderson with the cast members of Beyond the Gates

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January 16, 2026

Tune In: Sunny Anderson Gets A Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of ‘Beyond The Gates’ For ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’

Tamara Tunie and Clifton Davis in Beyond the Gates

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January 16, 2026

CBS Daytime Drama ‘Beyond The Gates’ And Know Your Lemons Partner To Raise Awareness For Powerful Breast Cancer Storyline

“Amber Morningstar,” Choctaw Tribe. (Courtesy of Cara Romero). Art that imagines a Native American doll with accessories.

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January 16, 2026

She Reimagined Dolls For Her Daughter — And Defied Stereotypes About Indigenous Women

A male character in Buddies struggles with the symptoms from AIDS.

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January 15, 2026

40 Years Ago, The First AIDS Movies Forced Americans To Confront A Disease They Didn’t Want To See

Farmworkers harvest celery on March 9, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz.

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January 14, 2026

‘These People Do It Naturally’: President Trump’s Views On Immigrant Farmworkers Reflect A Long History Of How Farming Has Been Idealized And Practiced In America

American history has largely left out the stories of Filipina women who acted as volunteer aides to U.S. Army Nurses like those imprisoned as World War II POWs in the Philippines. (U.S. Army)

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January 13, 2026

Asian-American Nurses Were WWII Heroes. History Left Them Behind.