Candice Norwood | The 19th

What are executive orders — and how do presidents use them? Here’s what to know about them and the scope of their power.

Since its release last year, Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” has been celebrated as a love letter to Black queer dance culture. Performers like O'Shae Sibley play an influential role in mainstream pop culture and art, but his death serves as a reminder that Black queer lives remain in jeopardy.

In her first year on the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson's words have offered historical context as the majority-conservative bench has weighed in on rights for historically marginalized groups.

Tuesday’s primary in North Carolina will be the latest test for a slate of Black women running for Senate in this cycle’s midterm elections, with Democrat Cheri Beasley emerging as the likely nominee among a crowded field that includes six Black women — more than any other state. A seventh Black woman will also be running as an independent in the general election.

If all 8 of the president’s nominees are confirmed, he will have doubled the total number of Black women to ever serve on the nation's second-highest courts.