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Juneteenth 2021 (CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS) “When you are Black in America, how do you celebrate progress?” the historian Kellie Carter Jackson asks in a new piece today. Juneteenth is officially America’s newest federal holiday. But the push to broaden and formalize the celebration threatens to overshadow an ongoing war on the country’s memory, Jackson […]

PORTLAND, OR – APRIL 12: Protesters clash with police near a bus stop painted with the name of Daunte Wright on April 12, 2021, in Portland, Oregon. Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP   Fresh protests broke out Monday in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a […]

Four-time NBA champion LeBron James hit back at Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic on February 26, 2021, saying there is no reason why he cannot have just as big an impact off the basketball court as he does on it. Harry How / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP     Four-time NBA champion LeBron […]

Tracking Which News Outlets Have Called the Presidential Race in Each State News organizations have declared or projected winners in most states, but several battleground states that could decide the election have not been called. Networks had said they planned to be more cautious than in past elections. ABC News* CBS News NBC News CNN Fox News […]

How the Raptors Won Their First N.B.A. Championship Toronto held on despite a late push by the Golden State Warriors to win their first championship. Toronto’s Kyle Lowry has been hot early, scoring the Raptors’ first 11 points in Game 6. Credit Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports, via Reuters Image Toronto’s Kyle Lowry has been hot […]Read More

Mellody Hobson with her daughter, Everest, at Ariel Investments, in Chicago. “She’s not a networker,” says economist and author Dambisa Moyo. “She’s a magnet.” Photograph by Annie Leibovitz. Mellody Hobson has a long list of prominent fans whose adoration of her borders on adulation. “She has a grace and graciousness about her that is singular,” Jeffrey […]Read More

WANTED BY EFCC The public is hereby notified that the persons whose photographs appears in this alert are wanted by the EFCC.  Read more … JOHNSON O. SALAKO The public is hereby notified that Mr. Johnson Olusegun Salako whose photographs appear above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).  Read more … […]