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Michael Jackson’s heirs faced a daunting tax bill after the IRS estimated the pop star’s image and assets to be worth hundreds of millions more than the family’s estimates. The court ruling may clear the way for further promotion of Mr. Jackson’s legacy.
Facebook’s Oversight Board has upheld the company’s decision to ban the former president’s account, but criticized the way it did so. The board called on Facebook to reexamine the penalty and develop clearer standards.
In a windowless room at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Carl Chan unspooled his story, focusing on two foundational events that, he says, âchanged my life.â The first occurred as a middle school boy in British-governed Hong Kong, where he was born in 1958. As he walked to catch his bus home, he noticed five white British boys picking on a Hong Kong boy. âThis is wrong! Donât pick on him!â he told the boys. Why We Wrote This Sometimes an event moves a supporting character onto center stage. When that happened recently to someone our reporter had interviewed, she sei...
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Respect can be a difficult word, often used as a tool to protect inequity or injustice. Before the Civil War, pro-slavery politicians denounced the abolitionist movement, charging it with breaching stabilizing norms of civility and respect. Yet in its deepest meanings, respect is seen as an essential ingredient in the American experiment. Amid the nation’s political polarization and widening cultural divides are millions of Americans who have lost sight of each other, caught in reflexive rituals and simplistic clichés that dismiss, demonize, or otherwise delegitimize perceived enemies. W...