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“David and Peggy Sokol hosted us in Montana for a ranch visit and tour of Yellowstone,” the Thomases said in the letter, which was reviewed by The Times. The Thomases brought along their dog, Petey, who played with the Sokols’ dog, Bodie. They wrote: “Bodie showed Petey how to be a ranch dog, without a […]
If nothing else, the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard is a victory for the conservative vision of the so-called colorblind Constitution — a Constitution that does not see or recognize race in any capacity, for any reason. As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion for the court, “Eliminating […]
Those who knew Justice Clarence Thomas during his formative years at College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School have long noted the sharp ideological turn he took over the course of his life: from admiring Malcolm X and protesting racism alongside his Black classmates to deeply resenting the affirmative action policies that afforded […]
Washington CNN — The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Thursday on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name.
Washington CNN — The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Thursday on affirmative action pitted its two Black justices against each other, with the ideologically opposed jurists employing unusually sharp language attacking each other by name.
[1/2] U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, under scrutiny following revelations that he did not disclose luxury trips paid for by a billionaire Dallas businessman, […]
Lili Reynaud-Dewar, My Epidemic (Teaching Bjarne Melgaard’s Class) (detail), 2015, HD video (color, silent, 6 minutes 59 seconds), thirty-one curtains, paint. Installation view, 2023. Photo: Aurélien Mole. Curated by François Piron with Elisabeth Lebovici “GARBAGE COVERS every inch of the streets.” Kathy Acker’s 1978 description of trash abandoned in a New York riddled with debt […]
More than a decade ago, a member of the US court system’s leadership body raised red flags about its handling of public allegations of wrongdoing against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Those concerns spurred internal process changes, but no additional probe of the justice’s conduct. Now, under renewed pressure following reports about the justice’s relationship […]
In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia. It wasn’t a marquee acquisition for the real estate magnate, just an old single-story home and two vacant lots down the road. What made it noteworthy were the people on the other side […]
NEW YORK – After 40 years of service to the city, one of New York’s Bravest will soon retire. Firefighter Robert Thomas is leaving us in good hands, though: His three sons will carry on the tradition – one of the FDNY’s largest Black legacy families. Words of congratulations and tons of hugs filled FDNY […]