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Illustrations by Nicole Rifkin It was September 2019, and I’d been slow-roasting in a small Southern Oregon town for a couple of weeks, waiting on a big one. A wildfire. An opportunity. A chance to prove myself useful and, preferably, profitable. This was the pre-coronavirus era, a simpler time. From …

A Black man who was handcuffed by police in Virginia Beach, Va., was mistaken by police for a credit card fraud suspect and is now speaking out about his ordeal, which happened in front of his fiancée and their two children. “Basically we’re just sitting down enjoying the holidays trying …

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked an effort to quickly pass a measure to increase stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. McConnell blocked the measure on Dec. 29 after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attempted to pass the change to the spending bill through a unanimous consent request. Any …

Photo: Kevin C. Cox & Matthew Stockman (Getty Images) During a year that’s presented an endless succession of unprecedented challenges, LeBron James and Naomi Osaka dug deep and still managed to dominate both on and off the court, and for their accomplishments in both sports and social activism, the Associated Press …

Supermodel and philanthropist Naomi Campbell is starting a holiday food drive! The legendary supermodel has teamed up with Cipriani Restaurants in New York City for her first-ever “Nourishment with Naomi” event. Campbell will donate 1,000 food gift-bags to five hospitals across the New York City area, including Harlem Hospital, Mt. …

As digital dollars in the form of cryptocurrency continues to become more popular, a football player has become the first NFL player to be paid partly in bitcoin, according to Coin Desk. Back in 2019, Carolina Panthers’ offensive lineman Russell Okun tweeted that he wanted to be paid in bitcoin. …

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Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO (Getty Images) Today I learned that a statue depicting a freed Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln stood in Boston since 1879, further proving that America has had a white savior complex since before any of us were born. According to NBC Boston, the statue, a …

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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. Joan Wong This year, my colleague Ed Yong’s work proved unfortunately prescient. Starting in 2016, he …