Election 2020
The next debate is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET in Charleston, S.C., ahead of Saturday’s primary.
The debate is co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute.
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Reading list
(Nicole Ellis, Ross Godwin/The Post)
Descendants
Lost Lineage The quest to identify black Americans’ roots
For Americans descended from enslaved Africans, the roots of their ancestry are often a mystery, and “Where did I come from?” is a uniquely difficult question to answer. Some are trying to change that.
Trump slams Sotomayor and Ginsburg, says they should recuse themselves from ‘Trump-related’ cases
The president was reacting to a dissent by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticizing the Trump administration and the court’s majority for leapfrogging lower courts to save Trump policies from injunctions.
At least 13 people were killed in Delhi on Monday and Tuesday when clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims in the northeastern part of the city.
Stephen Schwartz worked as a lawyer in controversial recent battles over voting rights for African Americans in North Carolina and bathroom rights of transgender students in Virginia.
Bourbon Street is packed with a sea of Mardi Gras revelers on the Saturday night before Fat Tuesday. (William Widmer for The Post)
A crowd gathers, in costume, for a backyard party. (William Widmer for The Post)
A parade attendee receives a glittered shoe, the most prized throw from the Krewe of Muses. (William Widmer for The Post)
While the cliche of the holiday still exists on Bourbon Street, it’s a tiny fraction of a much larger Mardi Gras ecosystem — one that’s rooted in tradition and is mostly family-friendly.
Perspective
Plácido Domingo’s reputation as a performer enabled the opera world to ignore his predatory behavior
An American Guild of Musical Artists investigation has confirmed some of the allegations made by more than 20 women against the Spanish tenor.
The team is the latest group entangled in the cultural fight over the meaning of the ubiquitous Trump campaign swag.
(Sarah Gim/@TheDelicious)
Voraciously
There are now people who actually identify themselves as “charcuterie stylists.”
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Katherine Johnson, ‘hidden figure’ at NASA during 1960s space race, dies at 101
Long overlooked, she became the subject of a book and hit movie in her 90s.
Trending
The anti-Greta: A conservative think tank takes on the global phenomenon
German teen Naomi Seibt is the newest face of the libertarian Heartland Institute’s effort to promote what it calls “global warming realism.”
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At a Greek refugee camp, migrants wait in bread lines. Nearby, grilled octopus is on the menu.
The food situation at Europe’s largest migrant camp reflects the continent’s political gridlock.
