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Exclusive: Michigan Chronicle sits with first Black woman Michigan Supreme Court Justice, Kyra Harris Bolden

At the heart of every pivotal moment in civil rights and political movements, the spirit of “Black Girl Magic” has been palpable, with Black...

Traffic tickets can be profitable, and fairness isn’t the bottom line in city courts where judges impose the fines

A police officer pulls over and tickets a delivery person in the New York City borough of Queens on March 22, 2023. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images...

Illinois set to make history by shifting landscape of criminal justice

In a historic move, Illinois is slated to become the first state in the United States to entirely eliminate the cash bail system. The...

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the land. Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the...

Judge Jackson Rewrites U.S. History as First Black Woman on the Supreme Court

After arduous and volatile hearings last month, the Democratic-controlled Senate confirmed Jackson by a 53-47 vote. At 2:17 p.m. EST, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson entered...

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

The votes are there. Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Susan Walsh by Matt Williams, The...

Ketanji Brown Jackson set for historic Supreme Court confirmation vote

Matt Williams, The Conversation Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are scheduled to vote April 4, 2022, on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme...

Criminal justice algorithms: Being race-neutral doesn’t mean race-blind

by Duncan Purves, University of Florida and Jeremy Davis, University of Florida Justice is supposed to be “blind.” But is race blindness always the best...

Ketanji Brown Jackson faces confirmation hearings: 7 questions answered

by Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University - Newark Confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be the first Black female justice on the Supreme...

Black Americans have everything to lose in this election

  By Svante Myrick, Mayor of Ithaca, New York As the mayor of a city in New York, every day I wake up and do what...

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