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‘Big Brother’ Contestant Is Expelled for Using Racial Slur

“Well, I’m in trouble now,” Luke Valentine said after using a slur for Black people in a conversation on the…

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Finance

William H. Dilday Jr., First Black TV Station Manager in U.S., Dies at 85

Hired to run a troubled Mississippi affiliate of NBC, he turned it into a respected and highly profitable operation, with…

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World

DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black History

In one benchmark, middle schoolers would learn that enslaved Americans developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”

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Where’s the Controversy in ‘Philip Guston Now’?

The show makes its final U.S. stop at the National Gallery without feared protests. But some caricatures in the artist’s…

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There Is No Separating the Black Dancer From the Dance

I am a ballet dancer and a Black man, in that order. I left the United States to train at…

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Sports

Jim Brown Should Be Seen Fully, Flaws and All

Brown, who died on Thursday, demanded that people see more to him than strong athletic performances. In the 1960s, that…

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‘The Blackening’ Review: Race Against a Killer

With more jokes than jump scares, this comedic horror film is as tartly amusing as it is provocative.

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Hardcore Punk Is Looking (and Sounding) Different Now

People of color, women and queer musicians are remaking hardcore’s longstanding image of white, male aggression — and producing some…

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Eusebius McKaiser, Acerbic South African Political Analyst, Dies at 44

Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country’s post-apartheid politics and culture.

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‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep

Disney’s live-action remake, with Halle Bailey starring as Ariel and a diverse cast, is a dutiful corrective with noble intentions…

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