George Johnson, Who Took Black Hair Care Nationwide, Dies at 99
NBC leads with the AMEX milestone; X sees liberation economics — readers miss that Soul Train was the first fully integrated Black media ecosystem: product, sponsor, community.
Maya Calloway
Bureau: New York
Voters Photograph Ballots and Ask AI Chatbots Who to Support Before the Midterms
AI platforms became de facto voter guides without any disclosure rule or legal category — and campaign strategists already publish briefings to game chatbot outputs.
America 250 Fireworks Give Washington Two Hours of the World's Worst Air Quality
Staging the nation's largest-ever fireworks show during a dome-stilled heat emergency pushed DC to Code Purple — the AQI level where all residents, not just the vulnerable, face health risk.
Newsom DOJ Investigation Stays Uncharged Six Weeks After Trump Announced It
Six weeks of silence from DOJ is evidence of nothing—but the absence of a charging document, predicate, or recusal is the entire public record of this investigation.
Mexican Police Arrested in Killing of Journalist Roxana Guzmán in Veracruz
Press-freedom X logs another cartel entry; CPJ names the police arrests as state complicity — the gap matters because cartel violence means failed state, police arrests mean the state is the threat.
CDC Investigates a Cyclosporiasis Surge With Cases Spreading Across 18 States
Cyclospora spreads through contaminated fresh produce with a 1-3 week incubation window — July 4 cookout and travel exposure may not show symptoms until after the holiday weekend feels over.