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Four D.C. Firefighters File $10M Racism, Sexism Lawsuit Against City

by WI Web Staff August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

Four D.C. firefighters have filed a $10 million race and gender bias lawsuit against the city government.

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Financial Literacy

Black Women’s Student Debt ‘Double Whammy’: Twice as Likely to Owe More Than $50K, Have Decreased Savings

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In as First Black Woman on Supreme Court

by Stacy M. Brown June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

**FILE** A voter asks an election worker a question as she votes at Samuels Community Center in the presidential election in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)

Black Experience

AARP Research Shows Black Women Voters 50 and Older Will Help Decide the Balance of Power in Next Election

by WI Web Editor June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2022.

SIMPKINS: ‘A Moment for Black Women’ — My Take on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Hearing

by Syrita Simpkins April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 22, 2022.

Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

by Stacy M. Brown April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

Chris Rock

MALVEAUX: Black Women Under Attack

by Julianne Malveaux April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Will Smith yells at comedian Chris Rock (not pictured) from his front-row seat at the 2022 Oscars after taking the stage and slapping him for a joke about Smith's wife during the March 27 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

WILLIAMS: Honoring Black Women

by E. Faye Williams April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

**FILE** Judge J. Michelle Childs (Courtesy of the University of South Carolina School of Law)

Judge J. Michelle Childs Heads List of Supreme Court Nominees

by Stacy M. Brown February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover

TSU President Appointed Vice Chair of Biden’s HBCU Board

by WI Web Staff December 14, 2021December 15, 2021