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March 22, 2022
Harriet Tubman, Gen. Colin Powell and Gen. Roscoe Robinson, Jr. are among the legendary names under consideration.
March 22, 2022
The entrepreneur and former mayoral candidate distributed $200,000 in free gas to appreciative Windy City dwellers last week.
March 21, 2022
Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson begin March 21, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET and conclude Thursday,…
March 21, 2022
According to people who didn't pay attention in sixth-grade civics class, the president apparently is responsible for everything.
Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
March 21, 2022
More than 100 Black law students gather to rally in D.C. to support Brown Jackson, who is on the precipice…
March 21, 2022
Shame on Senate Democrats for not punching back hard on Republican insurrectionist defender Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
March 21, 2022
Donna Brazile writes that Brown Jackson's solid gold resume is superior to most of the 115 justices who have served…
March 21, 2022
As Jackson gears up for opening statements and first round of Senate questions, Black women are rallying in Washington, D.C.…
March 20, 2022
Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized because of an infection and "flu-like" symptoms, the Supreme Court said Sunday.
March 20, 2022
For Black girls, the possibility of Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment of…
voting rights theGrio
March 20, 2022
A series of new laws that made voting more difficult in Arkansas were deemed unconstitutional and struck down on Friday…
US Census Suspends Field Work During Coronavirus Outbreak
March 20, 2022
Policymakers and demographers have been questioning the census process after minority residents were undercounted at greater rates in 2020.
March 20, 2022
It’s time for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to testify publicly this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
March 20, 2022
The first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court is likely to face questioning that would have been familiar to…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) shakes hands with Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
March 20, 2022
A.J. Kramer, who assigned Brown Jackson’s cases as a public defender, joins chorus defending her record in an interview with…