Race
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Magazine
Las Vegas Grand Prix: ‘It Was a Lot of a Lot’
“If this was an R-rated comedy, and they put all these set pieces together like the poker, and the cars, and the Vegas of it all, no one would buy this movie,” said Hamish Linklater, an actor and playwright. It was Friday night in Las Vegas and Mr ...
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World
F-1 in Las Vegas: A Roaring Spectacle for Fans, but a Huge Headache for Locals
The flashy adult playground shrouds itself in black tarp to block views of the racing spectacle from prying (unticketed) eyes. Its transformation has become a long-term, costly nuisance for locals.
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Health
Race Cannot Be Used to Predict Heart Disease, Scientists Say
The American Heart Association will release a new clinical tool that removes race as a factor in predicting who will have heart attacks or strokes.
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Sports
Tour de France Route Steers Clear of Olympics, and Paris
The 2024 Summer Games have pushed the iconic bike race out of its traditional finish in Paris. The Tour will instead end in Nice, in the south of France.
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World
An Overdue Lesson on Antiracism
The recent turmoil at Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, with more than half its staff laid off and half its budget cut amid questions of what it did with the nearly $55 million it raised, led to whoops of ...
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World
DeSantis’s Debate Mission: Prove He’s Still the Top Trump Alternative
Allies believe the Florida governor needs to reassure skittish donors and supporters alike that he can square off with Mr. Trump.
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World
The Next Affirmative Action Battle May Be at West Point
Students for Fair Admissions won its Supreme Court case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Now, it’s focusing on a possible new target: the military academies.
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World
Administration Urges Colleges to Pursue Diversity Despite Affirmative Action Ban
In its first guidance since the Supreme Court decision, the administration says many recruitment programs are still allowed, but other questions are left unanswered.
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World
Arkansas Warns School Districts Not to Offer A.P. African American Studies
What’s New In the latest conflict between the College Board and conservative policymakers, the Arkansas Department of Education warned schools on Monday — the first day of classes in many districts — not to offer Advanced Placement African American ...
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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.”