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Democratic leaders, however, were much warier than Mnuchin, and during the early stages of pandemic-relief planning argued for means testing, making sure that only the neediest Americans received money. This may well have been good politics, because it played defense against caricatures of tax-and-spend liberalism and appealed to widespread public …

In just a few years, Colin Kaepernick went from NFL quarterback whose decision to take a knee left him without a team to one of the faces of global change — and ESPN Films, Disney and the football player’s media company plan to document it. Kaepernick’s transformation from a member …

Growing up in Detroit, Dennis McKinley thought everyone ate their hot dogs “Coney Island” style—on a steamed bun and topped with chili sauce, chopped raw onion, and a squiggle of yellow mustard. After graduating from college and starting to travel, he realized that wasn’t the case and was intrigued to …

Members of the Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics basketball teams march to the MLK Memorial to support Black Lives Matter and mark the Juneteenth holiday June 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) The NBA could learn a thing or two from its “little sister,” the WNBA. …

“The deep sleep I would soon enter required a completely blank canvas if I was to emerge from it fully renewed,” she says—and she recruits a pretentious young artist named Ping Xi to be her sleep “warden.” She gives him carte blanche to use her blacked-out body for his own …

The family of Breonna Taylor is claiming that the 26-year-old’s home was targeted in a city operation to clear a neighborhood undergoing gentrification. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Taylor family attorneys filed court documents to amend the wrongful death lawsuit against Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove, and Jonathan Mattingly, …

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) On the day following Malia Obama’s 22nd birthday (and some other holiday about a mediocre flag or somethin’), a “Constitutional Conservative running for Congress in Florida’s 18th Congressional District” named KW Miller proclaimed that Beyoncé was not a true African-American and was instead an Italian woman named …

Pushing back against the entertainment industry that too often undervalues Black talent, Michaela Coel explained to Vulture that she had to reject Netflix’s $1 million offer for her latest show, I May Destroy You. It wasn’t the $1 million paycheck that bothered the British writer, director and actress. The problem …

Screenshot: 11 Alive (YouTube It’s often said that if Black people took up arms and marched through the streets, gun laws would get passed with the quickness. It’s been said we could never get away with it the way mobs of white protesters have been able to this year alone. …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. SHUTTERSTOCK / NIH / THE ATLANTIC With confirmed cases again on the rise—this time like never …