Imagine a city of staggering, sometimes menacing beauty. Its history is bloody, but it carries on, becoming more mesmerizingly strange with each era. Now imagine that the city is sentient. It has agency and consciousness; it decides who gets to stay and who needs to leave. It’s both a physical …
Read More »Jeff Landry Wants LSU Scholarships Revoked Over Missing National Anthem
by Daniel Johnson April 4, 2024 Jeff Landry criticized the LSU women’s basketball team and voiced his displeasure that they were not present for the national anthem and called for their scholarships to be revoked for missing it. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry criticized the LSU women’s basketball team and voiced …
Read More »FAMU Vice President Named Finalist For Tennessee State University Presidency
by Rafael Pena April 4, 2024 FAMU Vice President William E. Hudson Jr. is one of three finalists in the search for the next president of Tennessee State University. Tallahassee.com reports Florida A&M University’s Vice President for Student Affairs, William E. Hudson Jr., has emerged as one of three finalists …
Read More »Only Days Before Jonathan Majors is Sentenced—Let's Take a Look at How He Got Here
Jonathan Majors at the AAFCA Special Achievement Awards Luncheon held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on March 3, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety (Getty Images) On Monday, April 8, Jonathan Majors will learn whether or not he’ll have to serve jail time after being found guilty of …
Read More »Don’t Let Trump Exhaust You
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. The Trump campaign is trying to turn the electoral process into a moral swamp. …
Read More »Stay Safe! Atlanta Ranks 3rd In New HIV Infections Nationwide
by Rafael Pena April 4, 2024 The latest data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has unveiled a reality about HIV infections in Atlanta. FOX5Atlanta reported that the latest data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has unveiled a troubling reality about the prevalence …
Read More »Mexico’s Oldest Black Village Faces Poverty, Harsh Climate
by Stacy Jackson April 4, 2024 Afro-Mexicans in the village of Tecoyame and surrounding towns fear closures due to severe droughts that have left the land parched. Tecoyame, regarded as Mexico’s oldest Black village, is grappling with poverty and the existential threat posed by extreme climate changes. Situated in the …
Read More »With A Surge In Gang Violence, Americans In Haiti Are Struggling To Find Ways To Escape
by Jameelah Mullen April 4, 2024 U.S. Citizens in Haiti weigh their options in efforts to escape gang violence. Amid ongoing politically motivated violence and civil unrest in Haiti, rescue efforts are underway to help Americans escape from the small Caribbean nation, according to NBC News. At least 450 United …
Read More »The Shocking Reason Behind the Dallas Easter Shooting That Killed a Youth Pastor
The victim, New Generation Church Youth Minister Denzel Branch, 31.Screenshot: Facebook New Generation Church in Dallas was the scene of a murder on Easter Sunday. According to police, 31-year-old youth minister Denzel Branch was shot to death by the pastor’s son, according to police. The suspect stated that he had …
Read More »Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
Day 1 MY FIRST GLIMPSE of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, from the window of an approaching Miami cab, brings on a feeling of vertigo, nausea, amazement, and distress. I shut my eyes in defense, as my brain tells my optical nerve to try again. The ship makes no …
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