For a bill to become a law, it must go through the Senate (so says the Constitution and School House Rock). But today, a man who calls himself “The Grim Reaper” has made it his life's work to ensure that not a single piece of…
Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be a Supreme Court clerk. She'd studied at two of our finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she was a woman, she was rejected. Ten years later, she sent her first brief to…
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Jamelle Bouie
– Sep 18, 2:00 AM
For years, Myanmar's military used Facebook to incite hatred and genocidal violence against the country's mostly Muslim Rohingya minority group, leading to mass death and displacement. It took until 2018 for Facebook to admit to and apologize for…
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Robert D. McFadden
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Stephen F. Cohen, an eminent historian whose books and commentaries on Russia examined the rise and fall of Communism, Kremlin dictatorships and the emergence of a post-Soviet nation still struggling for identity in the 21st century, died on Friday…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural, and feminist icon has died. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from cancer. Architect of the legal fight for women's…
