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The pandemic, which has seemed stranger than science fiction in so many ways, has occasioned much debate about the role of speculative fiction in imagining the future: The possibilities of such stories have felt, to some, like answers amid uncertainty, even as others have questioned the limits of dystopian visions. …

Since COVID-19 vaccination drives have been popping up throughout the country, an Associated Press analysis found an alarming disparity among Black Americans and their white counterparts.   Black people are receiving the vaccine at a significantly lower rate than the general population, according to statistics from 17 states, and two cities …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Atlanta rapper Silento—best known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” along with the dance craze associated with it—was arrested in Dekalb County, Georgia on murder charges after being accused of shooting and killing his cousin. The 23-year-old (whose real name …

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has announced that its national board has elected Deborah Archer as its new president. Archer becomes the first Black woman to head the organization’s 69 person board. Congratulations to Deborah Archer, newly elected president of the ACLU national board! pic.twitter.com/DDGGJk6mTR — ACLU (@ACLU) February …

Ryan Coogler attends the 19th Annual AFI Awards on January 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer (Getty Images) It looks like Ryan Coogler will continue to bring both “di strenf” and di talent of the Black Panther to The Walt Disney Company. On Monday, Deadline announced that the …

Michelle Obama is excited about the children who went viral for recreating her iconic inauguration look. The former first lady stole the show on Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day when she rocked the stunning merlot-colored ensemble seen around the world. So, when a couple of toddlers went viral for recreating the moment, …

Read: The problem of the pandemic movie Part of this is structural: Rather than focusing the series on the biggest players in the drama, the writers, Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn, orient it instead around the ordinary people whose lives were upended by a chemical-weapons attack on British soil. Tracy …

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Hamilton, Georgia chief of police Gene Allmond has resigned, and patrolman John Brooks was fired after bodycam footage surfaced of them using racial slurs, WTVM reported on Friday (Jan. 29). In the video, the two men are talking about the killing of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta police on June …

President Joe Biden will meet with a group of 10 Republicans to discuss their alternate $600 billion coronavirus relief package. Biden is prepared to move forward with the $1.9 trillion relief package he unveiled last month, with or without GOP support. However, the GOP group, led by Maine Sen. Susan …