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Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. There was supposed to be a peak. But the stark turning point, when the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. finally crested and began descending sharply, never happened. Instead, …

The Lovebirds starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani is reportedly hitting Netflix this Friday (May 22), according to Nanjiani himself. The romantic comedy reunites Nanjiani with director Michael Showalter, who previously collaborated for Amazon Studios’ The Big Sick. Rae and Nanjiani portray a couple who become caught up in a …

A webinar hosted by the Alliance for Safety and Justice featured members of the black, Hispanic, and Asian Pacific American Caucuses speaking about the challenges their constituents are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar, hosted Monday by Robert Rooks, CEO of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, featured one …

Photo: Courtesy of Quibi For fans of the Los Angeles Clippers—which admittedly, is a relatively new concept—April 25, 2014, is a day that will live on in infamy. Donald Sterling, who had spent decades oscillating between openly discriminating against black and brown tenants and being universally reviled as the worst …

What’s also almost certainly true is that the city will be poorer when this is over. As anyone who listens to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily updates knows, the state’s finances are in bad shape, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seems disinclined to help. It’s possible that the deadbeat federal …

Michael Jordan has attempted to sell his Chicago home for eight years and is hoping The Last Dance will have more people willing to buy the property at a reduced price. The 10-part ESPN docuseries follows Jordan and his Chicago Bulls since he joined the team in 1986 and culminates …

Republican pundit and former top Bush administration staffer Karl Rove ranted on Fox News, calling former President Barack Obama’s commencement speech to historically black colleges and university graduates a “political drive-by shooting.” Karl Rove (Twitter) According to Talking Points Memo, Rove made the comments on Fox and Friends Monday. “It …

Photo: Shutterstock The Paycheck Protection Program, part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is supposed to provide financial assistance for small business owners who are struggling to stay in business due to the pandemic. A new survey shows that black and Latino businesses have been largely …

One America News, or OAN, or OANN—whichever you like, it’s all the same thing—is Donald Trump’s favorite cable-news channel. Mostly this is because One America News seems to agree with Trump about everything, in the same way a dog agrees to chase its own tail. Every day, Trump does something …

Twilight star Gregory Tyree Boyce and his girlfriend Natalie Adepoju were found dead in their Las Vegas condo on May 13, E! News reports. The Las Vegas Medical Examiners office confirmed the news, though the cause of death is still pending. Boyce, 30, and Adepoju, 27, were found by Boyce’s …