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In August of 1619, a ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived at a port in Virginia. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is finally time to truthfully tell the story of black Americans — and of America itself. #1619project

RT @jonahweiner: My new @nytmag cover story is about “the binoculars into the soul” My pitch was one word long PANTS

RT @MarkRuffalo: It was great getting to spend a day with you wandering NYC and talking about the world. Thank you James Nachtwey, @amyxwang and @NYTmag.

RT @NYTimesCohen: via ⁦@nytimes⁩ My take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seen from the West Bank

“The 1619 Project” series, which premiered on Hulu last year, won the Emmy for outstanding documentary or nonfiction series at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

RT @katieengelhart: My latest article is on the cover of this weekend's @NYTmag, and is out online today. It asks: What do we do when someone with chronic mental illness decides that she no longer wants to try to get better? @nytimes

RT @brettmartin: Here I am, exploring Las Vegas's new Punk Rock Museum—and the question of how punk should be preserved—with Fat Mike.

RT @caityweaver: I had the freakin time of my life meeting Flo from Progressive and watching her film a commercial and visiting her house and endlessly relitigating with my boss whose fault it was that we ate caviar at dinner UH-OH

Over the last six months, we spoke with more than 100 executives, agents and actors about David Zaslav’s leadership at Warner Brothers Discovery, which put him at the center of one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the entertainment industry

RT @dwallacewells: This year Canadian fires have released more carbon than about two thirds of the world’s countries, combined.

RT @dwallacewells: Canada's year of fires has been an unprecedented ecological event. The area burned was more than twice the modern record, more than six times recent averages, and more than seventy times 2020. Half the world's countries could fit inside the land burned.

Taylor Swift's greatest gift is for telling her own story — better than any journalist could. @taffyakner went to an Eras Tour show in Santa Clara and had several realizations about Taylor Swift, the idea of the celebrity in 2023 — and herself.

“When someone asks, ‘What does Vice President Kamala Harris bring to the ticket?’ what is that clear answer?” After nearly three years, the vice president is still struggling to make the case for herself — and feels she shouldn’t have to, @AsteadWH reports

RT @nytimes: After nearly three years, Kamala Harris is still struggling to make the case for herself — and feels she shouldn’t have to, @AsteadWH reports in his @NYTMag profile of the vice president.

RT @hannahdreier: 14-year-old Marcos Cux had his arm shredded at a Perdue slaughterhouse in Virginia last year. The plant was full of migrant kids working in violation of child labor laws. The whole town heard about the accident. But even teachers and police kept it quiet.

RT @ivadixit: I wrote about how OPPENHEIMER IS FOR THE GIRLS AND THE GIRLIES, in this week’s @NYTmag:

RT @abscribe: The Trials of Aurora: A Colorado City’s Deep Divide Over Policing

Elijah McClain’s 2019 death in Aurora, Colorado, was treated like a closed case. Then the George Floyd protests changed everything.

RT @susandominus: Should colleges be putting a thumb on the scale for young men, of all people? Read my latest, on why they do, and let me know what you think:

Duke has an endowment of about $12 billion, one of the 25 largest per student in the country. Why does it have so few low-income students?

As part of this week’s Education Issue of the magazine, The New York Times is publishing the College-Access Index, a list of the country’s most-selective universities ranked in order of economic diversity.