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26 Apr

Breaking News: In the past decade, the U.S. population grew at its slowest rate since the 1930s, driven by lower rates of immigration and births, the Census Bureau said. nyti.ms/3tUW2LX

Based on the new Census data:
— California lost a congressional seat for the first time in its history.
— New York lost one seat.
— Texas gained two seats and Florida gained one, a boost for two Republican strongholds in the Trump era.
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The census count is critical for billions in federal funding and state and local planning, on everything from schools to hospitals.

It also changes the U.S. political map, with the South and West continuing to gain congressional representation over the Northeast and Midwest.

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24 Apr

Scott Rudin is one of the most celebrated and feared producers in Hollywood and on Broadway. The abuse of his assistants is well known, but he’s also intimidated actors, writers and agents. “He’s like a mafia boss,” said the playwright Adam Rapp. nyti.ms/32L8nXa

Now, Rudin is facing a reckoning. Even some of his biggest backers say he needs a change. “He’s had a bad temper,” said the billionaire David Geffen, who has co-produced his recent Broadway shows along with the mogul Barry Diller. nyti.ms/32LKMFQ

Mistakes, real or imagined, send Rudin into a rage — an incorrect font (he insists on Garamond), a misspelled name.

The rage extends to prominent figures. In 2015, the actress Rita Wilson found out she had breast cancer while starring in a Rudin production of “Fish in the Dark.”

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23 Apr

Falcon. Black Panther. A potential new Superman. A wave of heroes, reimagined by Black creators, is conquering screens and comic book pages.

Here's a look at how this new generation is turning Blackness into a superpower. nyti.ms/32OJTfn

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The success of the first season of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" — the finale premiered today — "can be seen as part of a wave of Black superheroes that have conquered our screens and comic book pages in recent years," writes @vvchambers. nyti.ms/32OJTfn

There are also now renewed rumors of a Black Superman movie. It's something that fans have seen in the pages of comic books — Barack Obama was the inspiration for Calvin Ellis, one of the versions of Black Superman — but would be a first on the big screen. nyti.ms/32Hxw4T

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23 Apr

The U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal ever recorded in the country — surpassing the 1918 flu pandemic.

A New York Times analysis shows how much 2020 deviated from the norm. nyti.ms/3eoNJ4t

Since the 1918 pandemic, the country’s death rate has fallen steadily. But last year, the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted that trend, in spite of a century of improvements in medicine and public health. nyti.ms/3eoNJ4t

In 2020, a record 3.4 million people died in the U.S. Over the last century, the total number of deaths naturally rose as the population grew. But even with that trend, the sharp uptick last year stands out. nyti.ms/3eoNJ4t

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23 Apr

Since the Capitol riot, the fringe figures who bind the U.S. far right have come under new scrutiny, including those abroad.

Among those with the most cross-national appeal is Tommy Robinson, Britain’s loudest amplifier of anti-Islam, far-right anger. nyti.ms/3tOkVc1

Robinson, who founded one of Britain’s most notorious nationalist groups, has been embraced by Trump loyalists.

Two days after the U.S. Capitol riot, he urged followers to continue the fight: “As Donald Trump says, it’s only just beginning,” he said in an online video.

But Robinson’s American connection is deeper than previously known, The New York Times found. One U.S. research institute, the Middle East Forum, gave him financial backing for three years and helped shape his message, turning him into its anti-Islam cause célèbre.

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23 Apr

Seven in 10 teenagers said they thought a woman would be elected president in the next decade, according to a new survey. But just half thought men and women had an equal chance of being elected. nyti.ms/3sKoApQ

We followed up with a group of young women who were first interviewed as high schoolers in 2016. Now, they can vote.

The last four years, they said, had opened their eyes to systemic sexism and racism. nyti.ms/3sKoApQ

Jessica Griepenburg, 19, said her longstanding skepticism of government grew as she watched recent events, attended protests and learned new perspectives at college. “It’s a lot easier for me to get my voice heard as a white woman,” she said, “I don’t think we need more of that.”

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