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Black Women Judges Paved Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Path to Supreme Court Nomination

“Representation matters: It is easier for young girls of color to aspire to reach their highest goals when they see others who have done so before them, in the same way that women like Jane Bolin, Constance Baker Motley and Julia Cooper Mack encouraged Ketanji Brown Jackson to reach hers,” Sharon D. Wright Austin writes. “I hope that her service lays a foundation for the Supreme Court, and this country, to become more inclusive of diverse perspectives and life experiences.”

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The Federal Reserve Can’t Stop Price Inflation—But A Recession Is Unlikely

“On March 16, 2022, the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by a quarter point, the first of many increases the U.S. central bank is expected to make over the coming months,” Jeffery S. Bredthauer writes. “The aim is to tamp down inflation that has been running at a year-over-year pace of 7.9%. The challenge is to do this without sending the economy into recession. Some economists and observers are already raising the specter of stagflation, which means high inflation coupled with a stagnating economy.”

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MFP Live: School Discipline Expert Ellen Reddy, March 17, 6 p.m. CDT

Ellen Reddy, who lives and works in Holmes County, Miss., is a long-time advocate for the rights of young people. She is also a school-discipline expert who, in 2003, helped start the the Mississippi Coalition for the Prevention of Schoolhouse to Jailhouse to identify and end the systemic factors contributing to the “pipeline” between schools and prisons.

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