Black Southerners Voted at Unusually High Levels — and They Voted for Democrats

By: Emily Cochrane

6 November 2026 at 00:22

Democrats in the South used anger over redistricting, cuts to key federal programs and attacks on Black history to help galvanize a crucial bloc of voters to the polls.

In Georgia, Black voters helped elevate Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic former mayor of Atlanta, to the governor’s mansion.

U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution

NYT - World

By: Pranav Baskar， Hamed Aleaziz and Elian Peltier

30 October 2026 at 16:43

The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.

At a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, in July.

U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution

NYT - Home Page

By: Pranav Baskar， Hamed Aleaziz and Elian Peltier

30 October 2026 at 16:43

The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.

Oldest Recording of Louisiana’s Vanishing Creole Language Is Published

NYT - World

By: Leo Sands

30 October 2026 at 05:00

The rediscovery of a forgotten recording from 1935 sheds light on a language rooted in the state’s history of slavery and French colonialism.

DraftKings Faces Growing Pressure Over How It Targets Customers

NYT - Business

By: Alex Klavens

26 October 2026 at 15:53

In Congress and in several states, officials have been questioning online gambling companies about their use of artificial intelligence.

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