Rising author Thélyson Orélien removed from major literary race amid AI and plagiarism allegations

Thélyson Orélien’s rapid rise in France’s literary scene was interrupted when the Académie Goncourt removed his novel, “It Was Either That Or Die,” from consideration amid allegations of the use of artificial intelligence and plagiarism. The decision came just days after Orélien won the 2026 Prix du Roman Fnac, a major French literary award selected […]
120 years later, Atlanta honors the lives lost in the 1906 Race Massacre

In 1906, years before Tulsa became known as home to one of the deadliest massacres of Black men and women in United States history, a similar race massacre befell Atlanta. Now the Fulton County Commission Board has established official days of remembrance for the Atlanta Race Massacre, as the four-day event from September 22, 1906, […]
Charles Booker’s Kentucky campaign connects the fight against racism with the fight for affordability

Charles Booker is aware that he is a Black man and Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, a former antebellum enslaver state that is more than 84% white and has voted for every Republican candidate since 1992. It’s for those exact reasons why Booker, the Democratic nominee seeking to succeed longtime Republican […]