The Supreme Court ruling is just the latest version of a question that the Whitehead family — and the nation — has been grappling with for years: How to deal with the legacy of slavery?

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Buttigieg Knocks ‘Strangeness’ of DeSantis’ Anti-LGBTQ Ad

On CNN’s State of the Union, Buttigieg questioned whether the ad offers anything of value

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‘You Didn’t Answer My Question’: Mike Pence Grilled On Affirmative Action

ABC host Jonathan Karl grilled former Vice President Mike Pence, a Republican presidential candidate, about his views on Affirmative Action after the U.S. Supreme Court said that race could not be used as a factor in college admissions.

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Thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walk off the job

With hotels packed for the holiday weekend and the Anime Expo in full swing, a massive strike gets underway in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

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Markets Won’t Stop Fossil Fuels

Global climate institutions have embraced the primacy of capital, private firms, and markets—and in so doing have fatally undermined their own efficacy.

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Doing the Work

The Protestant ethic and the spirit of wokeness

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What Does California’s Homeless Population Actually Look Like?

Politicians and commentators spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about a small subset of the homeless population.

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Charles Barkley rewriting his will to make Auburn ‘more diverse’ in wake of affirmative action ruling

“I’ve actually changed it to be used for kids from poor homes. But after that ruling yesterday, my phone was blowing up. I was talking to my friends and said, ‘I need to make sure Black folks always have a place at Auburn.”

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Michael Imperioli Bans ‘Bigots’ From Watching ‘The Sopranos’: ‘Thank You Supreme Court’

“Hate and ignorance is not a legitimate point of view,” The White Lotus actor writes

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Online romance scams are netting millions of dollars — and pushing some to self-harm

Scams that once bilked victims out of hundreds or even thousands of dollars are increasingly persuading them to move their investment and retirement accounts into phony investment schemes.

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