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Profiles and Posts

Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings
Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings
Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings
The key witness in Clarence Thomas’s nomination process joins David Remnick and Jane Mayer to discuss how sex and race shaped the new Justice’s experience, and her own.
The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees
The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees
The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees
In an escalation of partisan warfare, a little-known dark-money group is trying to thwart the President’s entire slate.
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History
Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History
The first Black woman Supreme Court Justice has been officially sworn in. Harvard-trained, Florida-native, Associate Justice Brown Jackson is the first Supreme Court Justice with experience as a publi...

Poetry Corner

Breonna Remembered
Breonna Remembered
Breonna Remembered
One year after Breonna Taylor's senseless murder, poet Bernadine "Dine" Watson pays tribute across space, time and sameness.
Juneteenth Reparations
Juneteenth Reparations
Juneteenth Reparations
Rosemari Mealy’s exquisite poem takes us on an enduring, emotional journey to the post-emancipation period now known as Juneteenth.
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
“She was a person of the folks,” said poet and literary critic Sterling Brown who sheds love and light in this poem simply titled Ma Rainey.
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