Kevin Merida

Over the past 50 years, black men have been perhaps the most studied and dissected population subgroup in America. The Washington Post recently wrapped a year-long series exploring what it’s really like to be a black man in America. The series has been compiled into a book, Being a Black ...

Washington Post reporters Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher examine the life of Justice Clarence Thomas. Based on interviews with Thomas’s family and colleagues, their book Supreme Discomfort explores the complex personality and controversial image of the country’s second African-American Supreme Court Justice.

Supreme Discomfort is available for purchase at ...