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Illustrations by Sarah Biscarra Dilley This article is part of a new series called “Who Owns America’s Wilderness?”      America’s first national park is only 15 years younger than The Atlantic, and at this magazine we have long told ourselves that our histories are intertwined. That John Muir made …

“Well, at least they didn’t kill him.” This is what it’s come to when we hear or read news stories about interactions between Black folks and police officers in America. It came out of my mouth almost reflexively when I first read about the story of Caron Nazario, a U.S. …

Pinterest has paid attention to user feedback and is working to provide a safer, positive, and more inclusive social media experience for its users. The image-sharing platform held an event on Wednesday, April 7 where Pinterest announced its new update plans and the launch of a $500,000 Creator Fund to …

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may be brewing up a bid for the White House after an impressive number of voters would support the Hollywood heavyweight as president.  New York Daily News reports Pipslay, a global full-service research operations company, surveyed over 30,000 …

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) Black America’s president for life, Barack Obama, took to Twitter to call for a “a full and transparent investigation” into the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright and for America to “reimagine policing,” which in layman terms means to stop shooting unarmed Black people. “Our …

Entrepreneur, entertainer and host Lala Anthony shares valuable business advice with the finalists of the Mountain Dew Real Change Opportunity Fund Pitch Competition. Source link

This evening—April 13, at 9 p.m. ET—HBO will air its new documentary Our Towns. The film will be available for streaming on HBO Max, and you can see a brief trailer for it here. Naturally my wife, Deb Fallows, and I have a special interest in this film. It is …

George Floyd’s Brother Tearfully Joins The Final Prosecution Testimonies 6:20 p.m. The final testimonies of prosecution witnesses in the Derek Chauvin trial completed on Monday (April 12) without prosecutors formally resting after 11 days of witnesses taking the stand, describing what happened to George Floyd, or explaining that Floyd was …

After a rumored feud between Keri Hilson and Beyoncé became public 12 years ago, it appears that Hilson is open to getting back on track with the Grammy award-winning entertainer. In an interview 92 Q’s Midday’s with Persia, Hilson was asked if she would be open to working with Beyoncé …

Two, unrelated children were left alone in a car, and suddenly one of them shot the other. A 9-year-old shot and killed an 11-year-old while their adult caretaker was out shopping at a Dallas Walmart, The Dallas Morning News reported. The 11-year-old was rushed to a nearby hospital, but unfortunately, …