This essay and its accompanying video are part of a 10-part series created by the Equal Justice Initiative to spotlight often overlooked or hidden stories of racial injustice. ESSENCE is republishing ...

Section 1. Purpose. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law. This principle guarantees equality of opportunity, not equal outcomes. It promises ...

An assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination. Credit...Illustration by Vartika Sharma Supported by By Nikole Hannah-Jones Last year, a little-known office in ...

Source: Walther. Gemini. 2025 In 1942, Isaac Asimov introduced a visionary framework—the Three Laws of Robotics—that has influenced science fiction and real-world ethical debates surrounding ...