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by Sharelle Burt March 28, 2024 How does this man keep getting off? A New York State appeals court reduced bond in the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to $175 million from the $464 million judgment — and they have 10 days to post …

When former first lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait was unveiled on Feb. 12, 2018, at the National Portrait Gallery, the crowd present and all who looked on virtually were witnessing major history for Black women artists.  The painter Amy Sherald, who was commissioned alongside painter Kehinde Wiley to paint the …

Photo: Facebook A Black Virginia man is grieving the loss of his wife after she was fatally struck by a car in what police suspect was an intentional car crash. Rep. Barbara Lee Says It’s Unfair To Ban TikTok & Defund UNRWA, A Holistic Approach Needed Derek Bizzell tells KCRG …

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Some ideas exist so far beyond one’s own moral boundaries that to hear them articulated out loud, unabashedly, is to experience something akin to awe. That’s how I felt, anyway, when I watched the video of a Cornell professor speaking at a rally a week after Hamas’s October 7 attack. …

by Daniel Johnson March 27, 2024 Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, like many governors in the old Jim Crow South, has passed laws that restrict how teachers can discuss race inside their classrooms. A high school teacher and the families of two students at Little Rock Central High School in …

by Rafael Pena March 27, 2024 Illinois’ Prison Review Board is facing scrutiny amid the stabbing of an 11-year-old boy, leading to the resignation of one of its members. In the aftermath of an incident where a man released on parole fatally stabbed a Chicago woman’s 11-year-old son, Illinois’ Prison …

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott talks about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship collision.Screenshot: X/Twitter In the aftermath of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, Mayor Brandon M. Scott addressed the tragedy (he referred to it as “unthinkable”) and urged folks to pray for the …

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. Rising temperatures are leading to what my colleague Yasmin Tayag has called an “allergy …