The best — and worst — criticisms of Trump’s conviction

Donald Trump became America’s most prominent felon on Thursday, when a New York jury convicted him on 34 charges of falsifying business records. That verdict has proven predictably controversial. New York’s case against Trump has attracted bipartisan criticism ever since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted the former president last year. Of all the cases […]

The MLB’s long-overdue decision to add Negro Leagues’ stats, briefly explained

Major League Baseball has officially added players’ stats from the Negro Leagues to its historical record, a move that allows Black players’ contributions to be credited alongside their white counterparts.  Previously, Negro Leagues’ players were omitted from these archives, meaning the records they set were not acknowledged by the MLB, essentially erasing their successes. The […]