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Further reading: When this is all over, how will we remember it? We asked three artists to consider what a COVID-19 memorial might look like. See their designs. Meanwhile, two contributing writers argue that America needs a commission, similar to the one launched after 9/11, to figure out what went …

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The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other unarmed Black men and women this year triggered a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement across the globe, forcing the nation to confront its history of systemic racism and its effects on every aspect of American life. As a …

Photo: James Bailey Another week, another celeb-fueled beauty line makes its way to the masses, just in time for holiday gift-giving and this time via Grammy-winning natural skincare guru Alicia Keys. Following hot on the heels of the drop of Pharrell Williams’ Humanrace and teasers for JLo’s upcoming line, Keys …

Last month, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia published its most recent survey of American political life. One of its findings: 66 percent of Americans view their country to be in a state of decline. The survey arrived just after the publication of the …

Grammy Award-winning recording artist Pharrell Williams launched a non-profit initiative on Tuesday (Dec. 1). Black Ambition is designed to support Black and Latinx entrepreneurs who are launching startups in the tech, design, healthcare, consumer products and services space.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Black Ambition is committed to leveling the …

For nearly a decade, Alexis McGill-Johnson has been involved with Planned Parenthood. She was named acting president and CEO in 2019, before being installed permanently in the seat in June of this year. In the years prior, she worked as a Planned Parenthood Federation of America board chair, Planned Parenthood …

There are a crowded group of candidates looking to be the next mayor of New York City. Now, former Citigroup exec Ray McGuire has entered the race and he kicked it off with a campaign ad narrated by Spike Lee. In the ad, Lee says, “The world has changed, my …

Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk has been an enormous success but she has not forgotten her acting roots. Pinkett Smith, who has not starred in a film since 2017’s Girls Trip, is returning to a major move with Netflix’s Redd Zone. According to Variety, the 49-year-old will play Tia …

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving last week to a still-high 712,000, the latest sign that the U.S. economy and job market remain under stress from the intensified viral outbreak. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department said that initial claims for jobless …