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What’s Two ‘Yentas’ Plus One Senator? A Lifetime Together.

Soon after Adam Michael Topper met Jordan Cole Manekin in the spring of 2019, he started to compare him to another man in his life: Senator Cory Booker, Democrat from New Jersey, who was then Mr. Topper’s boss. During Mr. Booker’s presidential campaign, Mr. Topper had served as his director of scheduling. Like the senator, […]

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Congress Gives Final Approval to Make Lynching a Hate Crime

WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime, explicitly criminalizing a heinous act that has become a symbol of the nation’s history of racial violence. It was a remarkable moment after more than a century of failed attempts. The historic bill carries the name of Emmett Till, […]

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