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The Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was always expected to be confirmed by a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate, barring some kind of spectacular blunder during the confirmation process. Today, those hearings concluded with no such blunder having come to pass, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said this …

Indiana University’s Lilly Library has launched a new digital resource collection Thursday called Land, Wealth, Liberation: The making and unmaking of Black wealth in the United States. The digital collection provides an interactive timeline of events that affected the history of Black wealth in the U.S. from 1820 through today. …

Photo: Ralf Kleemann (Shutterstock) A woman filed a civil rights complaint in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City alleging her son experienced racial harassment at school, reported Standard Examiner. The Davis School District was previously punished by the U.S. Justice Department for its pattern of discrimination. Three staff …

Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with three women who are part of a group experimenting with “arranged friendship.” Inspired by the arranged marriages common …

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker got emotional Wednesday as he praised Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and expressed anger at the questions she received from GOP senators. With Jackson smiling at him like they’re related, Booker told her she “is an extraordinary testament of what can be accomplished against …

A new book by New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns examines tensions between President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their respective teams, issues that began, they report, even before Inauguration Day, according to Politico. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s …

Naomi Osaka of Japan fields questions from the media at a press conference during the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 23, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)Photo: Matthew Stockman (Getty Images) Naomi Osaka has been open about her mental health battles. The four-time …

Book lovers haven’t heard the last of The Last Black Unicorn. Actress Tiffany Haddish, who scored a bestseller with her aforementioned first memoir, is returning to bookstores this November with her second offering, a book of essays titled I Curse You With Joy. Photo: Getty Images The Hollywood Reporter had …

War presents a unique challenge for the artist. When reality has ripped in two and extremes of emotion and opinion take hold, it becomes near impossible to do what art does best: scramble easy categories and introduce complexity into the world. The Ukrainian writer and photographer Yevgenia Belorusets, currently in …

Front row, from left to right: Dana Banks, Jalina Porter, Desirée Cormier Smith, Linda Etim, and Asha Castleberry-Hernandez. Back row, from left to right: Bonnie Jenkins, Algene Sajery, Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chidi Blyden and Linda Thomas-Greenfield. (Graphics: Marlene Marmolejos, @motionmami) Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views …