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Get ready to scream for ice cream — with a brand-new song. RZA, of the Wu-Tang Clan, has partnered with Good Humor to write a cheerful new ice cream truck jingle in place of “Turkey in the Straw” — an earworm with a troubled history long criticized for being racist. “Remember that ice cream jingle?” …

Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson decided on welcoming their baby girl at home well before the coronavirus pandemic hit for a specific reason. “We had already decided on a home birth because of concerns about negative birth outcomes for black women in America,” the “Queen & Slim” star, 33, said in British Vogue’s September 2020 …

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — a breakout star of DC’s “Aquaman” and HBO’s “Watchmen” — is the cover star of the latest Men’s Health, and contributed to the mag’s special report, “Race, Racism, and Black Men’s Health.” Oakland, Calif., native Abdul-Mateen recalls dealing with racism as a freshman at UC Berkeley. “I studied architecture, and … …

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, signed an executive directive on Wednesday ordering state employees to undergo “implicit bias training.” Executive directives allow the Michigan governor to establish procedures or basic policy for employees of the state’s executive branch. According to the directive, current state employees will be required to undergo “implicit bias training” by …

Maddie Ziegler issued an apology after “racially insensitive” videos from her childhood resurfaced online. “There are a few videos some of you have seen from when I was about 9 years old where I thought it was funny to mock people and accents,” the former “Dance Moms” star wrote in a statement posted to social …

Trader Joe’s scrapped plans to abandon its ethnic food brands days after pledging to ditch them amid charges of racism. The discount grocer says it may now keep some of the controversial names it has slapped on foreign foods for decades if they sell well enough and customers continue to appreciate them. “Recently we have …

Ever since Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a black power salute at the Mexico City Summer Olympics in 1968, there has been a debate about the place of political statements in sports. Football player Colin Kaepernick engaged in protest by taking a knee in the San Francisco 49ers final preseason game …

The continuing unrest in Portland, Oregon, which has now lasted some 55 nights, exemplifies the breakdown of law and order that has become a daily occurrence in many cities with progressive mayors. Portland police are nowhere to be found at the sight of the protests outside the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse, a federal building. On …

Racial injustice around the world has Tiffany Haddish second-guessing motherhood. “I’m a little older now and people are always asking when I’m gonna have some babies,” the 40-year-old comedian told Carmelo Anthony on his viral YouTube series, “What’s in Your Glass.” “There’s a part of me that would like to do that, and I always …

The history of failed democracies is replete with one lesson above all others: In times of crisis, it is up to leaders committed to our democratic values to walk democracy back from the brink — and to put the constitution and the country above narrow partisan considerations. Our research indicates that the United States needs …