After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon ...

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Around 600 nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans will strike during Super Bowl week amid ongoing union negotiations with LCMC Health. The nurses, represented by National Nurses United ...

Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation. By Richard Fausset Richard Fausset reported ...