Colin Powell

The most dangerous strategy we could imagine to subvert the vote was made possible by the Supreme Court itself.

Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.

He was a lifelong fixer of problems, but George W. Bush was the one he couldn’t solve.

Mr. Armitage, who was the first guest speaker at Mr. Powell’s funeral ceremony, was his closest friend after serving alongside him in the Vietnam War. Mr. Powell later chose Mr. Armitage to be his deputy secretary of state.

Michael K. Powell described his father as a “great lion with a big heart,” as he delivered a touching eulogy at the former secretary of state’s funeral.

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell was fond of the Swedish pop group, and in a nod to Powell’s Jamaican heritage, the band also played Bob Marley’s song “Three Little Birds.”

The funeral ceremony for the former secretary of state was attended by President Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, as well as former presidents and secretaries of state, and family and friends.

Republicans and Democrats, including President Biden and two of his predecessors, were at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the former secretary of state.

He broke many barriers but was outplayed by masters of deceit.

He was Black and Republican, a soldier and a diplomat — and his life holds a particular message for a nation whose democracy is increasingly in peril.