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It would be nice to live in a world where everything made sense. For example, I’d love to know why Taylor Swift is so popular in America, yet I don’t know one Black person who can sing three of her songs. I’d love to know why Colin Kaepernick doesn’t have a job yet a Trump-loving white boy can quarterback the Washington Football Team. It would be great to know why liquor stores in white neighborhoods are usually called wine and spirits but some things will just have to remain unanswered.

At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, the former chief of Capitol Police, Steven Sund, stridently denied that the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by white supremacists on Jan. 6 was able to happen because of poor planning by security officials.

On Monday, the U.S. marked nearly a year since the ongoing coronavirus pandemic arrived on our shores by reaching a horrid milestone: 500,000 Americans dead from the virus.

Photo: Sean Rayford (Getty Images) One year to the day that 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down by Travis McMichael and his father Greg McMichael while jogging through a neighborhood in Glynn County, Ga., Arbery’s mother has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court seeking $1 million in damages for his death. Advertisement Wanda Cooper-Jones filed the suit at a U.S. District Court in Georgia on Tuesday, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. The complaint names the McMichaels as defendants, along with William Bryan, the man who captured the father and son on video chasing Arbery...

Alerts From Left to Right: Black Lightning, created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, John Stewart/Green Lantern, created by Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams, Storm, created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, Spawn created by Todd McFarlane, Black Panther, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Static, created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle Illustration: Benjamin Currie Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 1.  Adver...