Summertime, and the living is uneasy for Jason Isbell

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterFor the Power of Women issue, Variety talked to some of the female frontline workers in New York who are caring for the communities in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

There’s never been a better time to read up. Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a part of the New York Public Library system, has just released its Black Liberation Reading List to mark its 95th anniversary and to respond to the global protests in support of Black Lives Matter.  The list is 95 books long and focuses on titles by black authors, many whose papers are included in the Schomburg collection: Think James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Ann Petry and Harry Belafonte.

Lakyia Jackson says that her seven-year-old daughter, Wynta-Amor Rogers, just wants her voice to be heard. And after videos of the first-grader protesting have gone viral, her message is being shared around the world.

Law & Order: SVU writers room has begun meetings about season 22, and is working hard to shift the show to reflect the major things happening in the real world, including the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.“Our whole focus for the first five days [the writers’ room was open] was, we’re gonna reflect New York in the pandemic.

Real Housewives of New York‘s Ramona Singer is apologizing for saying “All Lives Matter” amid the Black Lives Matter protests occurring across the country.

NEW YORK -- Many are familiar with some of the bold-faced names of people who died of COVID-19 — musician John Prine, NFL kicker Tom Dempsey, former Stanford University President Donald Kennedy and music producer Hal Willner.

Ramona Singer is apologizing for her All Lives Matter comment she made on Instagram following the unjust murder of George Floyd.

ESPN reporter Josina Anderson is out at the network, an individual with knowledge of the decision told TheWrap.

Some people simply fail to understand what ‘Black Lives Matter’ truly means and that it does not suggest people of other races’ lives don’t matter! That being said, Real Housewives of New York star Ramona Singer is apparently one of those! When the reality TV celeb wrote ‘All Lives Matter’ on her IG account amid national outrage over another killing of a black man by the police, her enemy, Leah McSweeney, was quick to clap back! The back and forth started with Ramona getting some backlash over

Amidst Leah McSweeney and Ramona Singer’s current feud on The Real Housewives of New York, Leah called Ramona out via Instagram. It all started when Ramona began to get backlash on Instagram for not speaking out about George Floyd’s killing on May 25. When one fan called her out for staying silent by writing, “What the f*** u doin girl! Use ur voice!!!!! Black lives matter!!”, Ramona responded, “All lives matter.”

2020 has been an unforgiving year, what with the coronavirus pandemic claiming more than 300,000 lives and counting. Moreover, the US is currently on an uproar after the death of African American, George Floyd, who died due to police violence.

As nationwide protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer continue, entertainment companies like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO are weighing in to voice their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Kicked off on Saturday, May 30 — as protests were taking place across cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami — with a social media post from Netflix, other streaming services and cable networks quickly followed suit with their own statements.

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A court in New York has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Netflix, Apple and Amazon over the use of an unlicensed children’s song in a documentary about a group of burlesque dancers. The case was dismissed on the basis that the inclusion of the song was ‘fair use’.

Jason Wilber, "Time Traveler” (WilberTone)

Larry Kramer, the famed playwright and AIDS activist, has died. He was 84.

Seinfeld actor Richard Herd has died at the age of 87.