About US: Black women understood how — and why — Jackson kept her cool during her Senate confirmation hearings

Cory Booker cut through the GOP's ugliness to celebrate Judge Jackson; The timeless truth Ketanji Brown Jackson said out loud; Home values soared during the pandemic, except for these Black families ; Utah governor vetoes transgender athlete bill, citing high suicide rates: 'I want them to live'; Sen. Jon Tester, one of the Senate's only farmers, is an unlikely champion for climate action; A woman created the public defender role. Jackson could bring that experience to the high court.; She joined the only Black female unit sent overseas in WWII. Now 102, she's the oldest living member. ; It's Pride Week in Austin schools. The Texas AG says that's illegal.; 'Capehart' with Mariama Diallo & Zoe Renee ; Lionell Dotson's sisters were killed in MOVE bombing. Now, the city has denied his simple request to retrieve their remains ; John Cho on coming-of-age as an Asian American, 'Cowboy Bebop' and racism in Hollywood; What makes Principal Ava so funny on 'Abbott Elementary'?; What White men say in our absence ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.       By Janay Kingsberry  Email This week marks one year since I joined The Washington Post to help write and curate stories about gender and identity. So, naturally, I've been reflecting on how much has changed since then. When I started last March, the country was still reeling from attacks that reignited protests and calls for racial justice — and that was just the beginning of a fraught news cycle that would further push marginalized groups to the fringe. Sometimes, it can be tough to hear their stories, but it's always been rewarding to elevate their voices in our coverage. The Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week brought one of those moments for me. In several stories my team published from the proceedings, we captured the hope, joy and pride that Ketanji Brown Jackson is inspiring in Black women. In my latest story, I spoke to a few who were particularly drawn to her resilience and composure in the face of grueling hours of questioning, some of it hostile, from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Black women say her reaction — a sigh, a long pause and a poised response to one especially aggressive exchange — is one they recognize all too well from navigating professional spaces themselves. (Shutterstock) Jackson had to keep her cool. These Black women could relate. Many Black women interpreted Jackson's reactions as a prime example of how they try to maintain composure in the face of workplace hostility. By Janay Kingsberry ●  Read more »   Cory Booker cut through the GOP's ugliness to celebrate Judge Jackson Opinion ●  By Eugene Robinson ●  Read more »   The timeless truth Ketanji Brown Jackson said out loud Opinion ●  By Michele L. Norris ●  Read more »     People are talking (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post) Home values soared during the pandemic, except for these Black families A Black couple were shocked when their home appraised for $1.15 million in 2021 at the height of the real estate market — $300,000 less than what they had paid six years earlier. They were not alone. By Tracy Jan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     More from The Post Utah governor vetoes transgender athlete bill, citing high suicide rates: 'I want them to live' By Anne Branigin ●  Read more »   Sen. Jon Tester, one of the Senate's only farmers, is an unlikely champion for climate action Analysis ●  By Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano  ●  Read more »   A woman created the public defender role. Jackson could bring that experience to the high court. By Julianne McShane ●  Read more »   She joined the only Black female unit sent overseas in WWII. Now 102, she's the oldest living member. By Cathy Free ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   It's Pride Week in Austin schools. The Texas AG says that's illegal. By Julian Mark ●  Read more »   'Capehart' with Mariama Diallo & Zoe Renee In the horror film "Master," three Black women try to find their place at a predominately White college that turns out to be haunted. On Wednesday, March 23 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, director and writer Mariama Diallo and actor Zoe Renee join Washington Post opinions writer Jonathan Capehart to discuss racism in academia and how Diallo's college experience informed the screenplay. By Washington Post Live ●  Read more »     What we're reading Lionell Dotson's sisters were killed in MOVE bombing. Now, the city has denied his simple request to retrieve their remains Opinion by Abdul-Aliy A Muhammad | The Philadelphia Inquirer ●  Read more »   John Cho on coming-of-age as an Asian American, 'Cowboy Bebop' and racism in Hollywood By Sarah Yukiko | Yahoo  ●  Read more »   What makes Principal Ava so funny on 'Abbott Elementary'? By Ashley Ray | Harper's Bazaar ●  Read more »   What White men say in our absence By Elaine Hsieh Chou | The Cut ●  Read more »     What we're listening to   Word on the street   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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