Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race, plans if elected to replace the selective program, which became a symbol of segregation in public schools.

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‘Distressing’ Uses of the President’s Power

Readers respond to an editorial about President Trump’s troubling use of executive power in the Venezuelan boat strikes. Also: Social Security woes; the importance of Black colleges.

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Bobby Cain, Barrier Breaker in School Desegregation, Dies at 85

In 1957, facing down white mobs, he became the first Black student to graduate from a public high school in the South under a court mandate.

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What Adams’s Exit Means for Black Political Power in New York

Eric Adams is just the second Black mayor elected in New York City, and his downfall has been painful for many who supported him.

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Death of Trey Reed, a Black Man, in Mississippi Strikes Nerves in the U.S.

The authorities say Trey Reed took his own life on his college campus, but in a nation ready to jump to judgment and in a state with its history of racial violence, that conclusion has not ended the story.

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Kerry James Marshall on Making ‘the Paintings Nobody Else Is Making’

The artist’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy of Art in London tackles Black history in all its complexity.

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Boston to Pay $150,000 to 2 Wrongly Accused Black Men in White Woman’s Killing

Boston’s mayor, Michelle Wu, apologized in 2023 to Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett for the actions of police after the 1989 killing of Carol Stuart.

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Wrestling Over Charlie Kirk’s Legacy and the Divide in America

Historians say the lessons of this particular time will depend on Americans themselves, and what kind of a nation they want it to be.

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‘Saturday Church’ Puts House Music, Gospel, Sia and ‘Noisy Singers’ Together

“Saturday Church” taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith.

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