The Senate confirmed U.S District Court contender Wendy Vitter’s nomination, despite what the NAACP calls her  “offensive” refusal to embrace the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.

Democrats say the bill’s aid package is another sign of Republican disregard for the island.

With bipartisan support, the Senate passed a measure that includes provisions aimed at Indigenous and African Americans. 

It’s 2018, y’all.

Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: “This bipartisan bill offers some important improvements to the current federal system, but it falls short of providing the meaningful change that is required.”

She did little to conceal her racism while running against her Black opponent, former Representative Mike Espy.