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Foreign Visas, Virus, Seattle: Your Monday Evening Briefing

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest.Image10. And finally, blame the pandemic for extra sharp...

White Americans Say They Are Waking Up to Racism. What Will It Add Up To?

One recent afternoon, while washing his car, Greg Reese, a white stay-at-home dad in Campton, Ky., peeled off the Confederate flag magnet he...

Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges to be ‘a force for change’ in wake of Black Lives Matter protests

Apple CEO Tim Cook opened his WWDC keynote talk by addressing racism, equality, and justice. He said he recognized the pain...

MINI-backed urbantech startup accelerator URBAN-X announces Cohort 08; launches first-ever fully remote program

The last time we wrote about URBAN-X was back in 2019 when the MINI-backed urbantech startup accelerator launched its sixth startup cohort. A lot...

Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From New York Museum Entrance

Enlarge this image New York Mayor Bill de Blasio backs a decision to remove the...

When Luxury Stores Decorate Their Riot Barricades With Protest Art

Three months ago, when New York government officials ordered nonessential businesses closed to slow the spread of coronavirus, high-end retailers sheathed their stores...

We Can Find Common Ground on Gay Rights and Religious Liberty

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling extending employment-discrimination protections to L.G.B.T. Americans — in a 6-to-3 decision, with a conservative justice writing the majority...

Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History

The bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a Native American man and an African man, which has presided over...

Behind Joe Biden’s Evolution on L.G.B.T.Q. Rights

Joseph R. Biden Jr. voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, blocking federal recognition of same-sex marriages. Two years earlier, he...

Trump vilifies protesters before smaller-than-expected crowd

Addressing a smaller-than-expected crowd, Trump touted the accomplishments of his administration while vilifying protesters, whom he referred to as "left-wing radicals," who have...

Eskimo Pie no more: Ice cream owners will drop ‘derogatory’ name

"We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory," Elizabell Marquez, head of...

Black Lives Matter: Is Change Really Coming?

Corporations finally believe black lives matter. Or they at least understand that they have to make it look like they believe black lives...

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