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A huge crowd of protesters marching in support of Black families. As the Black Lives Matter and Defund The Police movements are gaining momentum, activists are pushing to get rid of institutions that police and oppress black people. Activist in Brooklyn gathered at MetroTech plaza for a march to defund the Administration for Children's Services (ACS)

Politics

New York’s Use Of AI For Family Policing Summarizes The Last 30 Years Of City Politics

Life's Rich Pageant

AI Listings Have Made Apartment Hunting Even More Debasing

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (L) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio before addressing the audience

Eventually Everyone Will Be Called A Terrorist

Ronald Acuña Jr. #13 of the Atlanta Braves reacts after being called out for runner's interference

Where Am I Supposed To Look When I Look At Baseball?

Dinaw Mengestu speaks onstage during the 2026 PEN America Spring Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History

Arts And Culture

PEN America’s “Silent Moratorium” Prompts Very Loud Criticism

A wide shot of the campus of Texas Tech University.

Here’s What Texas Tech’s Leadership Is Being Sued For Censoring

Meet The Broadway Actor Teaching Public Defenders How To Win In Court

Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists

Colombia's singer Shakira holds the Jo'bulani football that will be used for the final of the tournament during a press conference on July 10, 2010 at Soccer City Stadium in Soweto, South Africa.

Soccer

A Brief History Of The World Cup Song

Eight Years Of Rituals With Rosalía

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2026.

The U.S. Is Still Killing People In Illegal Boat Strikes

Rock Chalk Algeria

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Life Lessons

Why Is NA Wine So Far Behind NA Beer?

Somali World Cup Referee Denied Entry Into U.S.

Washed-Up Clown Spencer Pratt Will Not Be The Mayor of Los Angeles

Detainees gesture at windows from inside Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center

Prisoners At Private ICE Jail In New Jersey Collectively Refuse Conditions Of Death

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