Marvin Dunn moves with surprising agility among the beds of lettuce, cabbage, and potatoes on his community farm in Overtown, a historic Black neighborhood in Miami that was fractured by the construction of the interstate highway in the 1960s. The farm, squeezed between I-95 and the high-rises packed into nearby downtown, is a kind of oasis where the 85-year-old historian — one of the most recognized voices on the history of segregation in Florida — hosts talks, distributes banned books, and is now preparing a new legal battle to stop construction of Donald Trump’s presidential library a little over 1,000 meters away.

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There is no sign of a lack of sleep in the sharp gaze of Simone Biles (Columbus, Ohio; 29). It’s still early, but the American, one of the greatest gymnasts in history — 11 Olympic medals and 30 world medals, 23 of them gold, an absolute record for men and women and more than double the total of her two nearest rivals, Russia’s Svetlana Khorkina (9) and Romania’s Gina Gogean (9) — poses and smiles shyly beneath the glass ceilings of Madrid City Hall. She is the star of the Future Health event, organized by health insurance company Sanitas in the capital. And everyone is watching her: muscles intact, makeup immaculate. Around her neck jingles a chain bearing the surname of her husband, fellow athlete Jonathan Owens, a player for the NFL’s Colts. A dense air of mystery hangs over the room. No one dares guess Biles’ intentions: she has now gone two years without competing, the same amount of time that remains until the Los Angeles Olympic Games, where, if she decides to remain active, she will be 31.

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