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Three victims were near the front of a residence when they were approached by an unknown vehicle, police said. At least two armed offenders exited the vehicle, produced handguns and fired shots.

This is the text of a lecture delivered by Glenn Loury as part of the Benson Center Lecture Series at the University of Colorado, Boulder, on Feb. 8, 2021.

I am a black American intellectual living in an age of persistent racial inequality in my country. As a black man, I feel compelled to represent the interests of “my people.” But that reference is not unambiguous. As an intellectual, I feel that I must seek out the truth and speak such truths as I am given to know. As an American, at this critical moment of “racial reckoning,” I feel that imperative all the more urgently. But, I ask, what are my responsibilities? Do they conflict with on...

A 65,000-square-foot marijuana processing plant near Washington, Missouri, has been completed and received state approval.