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Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) It’s truly disheartening how quickly the American judicial system works to lock Black youth up. If you had any skepticism about how efficiently the school-to-prison pipeline works, the case of a 15-year-old girl in Michigan who was sent to juvenile detention for not doing her homework should …

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. RIAN DUNDON / ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT The deployment of federal forces against protesters in Portland, …

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Some Americans might need to rethink their summer vacation plans. Bahamas announced on Sunday (July 19) it will shut off visitors from the United States, because of the U.S.’s skyrocketing cases of COVID-19. According to Newsweek, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said that all airports and seaports—to and from the …

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Share0 Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (Image: Twitter) A Republican governor stated in a radio interview late last week that children have to go back to school in the fall and that some of them will get COVID-19 but they will “get over it,” according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. With …

Photo: William Thomas (Getty Images) If Hilton Hotels truly has the “zero-tolerance” policy against racism and discrimination they claim to have, why is it that its hotel staff members are still constantly being accused of racism and discrimination? The popular hotel chain is currently the target of several lawsuits filed …

With the 2020 NFL season quickly approaching for its Sept. 10 opener, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is sharing his concerns about playing amid the growing coronavirus pandemic.  Wrapping his thoughts around his wife and singer Ciara being pregnant with their second child together is his main reason for why …

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after a time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and economic disaster. The results of that project are here: “Three Weeks That Changed Everything.” If you’re wondering, …

In July of last year, Keke Palmer began hosting  Strahan, Sarah and Keke on ABC.  However, once the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March, the show was put on hiatus. The chat fest was reportedly canceled this month. Memes have been circulating that the show was canceled by ABC …