Another Essence Fest is in the books for New Orleans, complete with a few surprises and a little drama. Why it matters: The nation's largest Black culture festival generates more than $300 million for the city's economy,

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said that she believes recent rulings by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority pose an “existential threat to the rule of law.”

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told a group of lawyers and judges on Thursday that "the state of our democracy" is what keeps her up at night.