The Great Instagram Blackout

Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang, two black women who work in music marketing, proposed that the music industry hold a day of reflection on Tuesday after the death of George Floyd. But what began as a targeted effort quickly morphed into the sea of black boxes you see on Instagram and other social platforms under…

Police Protest Supercut Videos Go Viral

An officer shoving a protester to the ground. Two New York Police Department cars ramming demonstrators. Police using batons, bicycles and car doors as weapons. These are becoming defining images of the protests against police brutality of black people that have swept the nation, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Countless videos…

Coronavirus Live Updates

Here’s what you need to know: ImageThe Bronx in May.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Major employers are left out of government pandemic relief, economists warn. As the United States begins what is expected to be a slow economic climb out of pandemic lockdowns, economists and researchers are questioning whether the government’s response…