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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.       By Rachel Hatzipanagos  Email Feature reporter Ben Terris followed up on a juicy piece of gossip recently: Have you heard that Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has a girlfriend?   At 57, the Republican presidential has never been married. It's the kind of fact that may make some people wonder. But Terris points out:  "This is not a wink-wink story that uses 'single' in place of 'gay.' Despite the retrograde assumptions people still like to make about wifeless men of a certain age, there really is nothing to suggest that Scott is anything other than a confirmed bachelor in the most literal sense of the phrase." While an unmarried presidential candidate isn't unprecedented, it is rare. Just Grover Cleveland in 1884 and James Buchanan, in 1856, are the two previous single candidates who became president.  Terris investigates what it means for the member of the "family values" party to not have a family of his own.  ADVERTISEMENT   (Nora Williams for The Washington Post) Tim Scott's girlfriend The unmarried Republican presidential candidate doesn't like talking about his new relationship very much. But he is talking about it. By Ben Terris ●  Read more »     More from The Post (Bettmann Archive) The racist incident that shook baseball nine years before integration An outfielder's racist comment in 1938 reverberated around Major League Baseball nearly a decade before Jackie Robinson's debut. By Frederic J. Frommer ●  Read more »   (Illustration by Chelsea Conrad/The Washington Post; Scott Applewhite/AP; Jabin Botsford, Melina Mara and Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) PERSPECTIVE Is it sexist to want Dianne Feinstein to retire? The talk over older politicians should not be dismissive but also should not be dismissed. By Monica Hesse ●  Read more »   Opinion  |  Three columnists talk about why Deion Sanders isn't just a football story By Perry Bacon Jr., Theodore R. Johnson and Eugene Robinson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   REVIEW 'The Other Black Girl' examines horror of being Black in a White workplace By Bethonie Butler ●  Read more »   Black student suspended for locs hair days after Crown Act takes effect By Kim Bellware ●  Read more »     From Post Live Drew Gilpin Faust on 'Necessary Trouble' and leading Harvard University Historian Drew Gilpin Faust shares her coming-of-age story as a civil rights and antiwar activist in her new memoir, "Necessary Trouble." On Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 3:00 p.m. ET, the former president of Harvard University joins Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart to discuss growing up in segregated Virginia, her awakening to activism and her push for race and gender diversity in education. By Washington Post Live ●  Read more »     What we're reading I never called her Momma By Jenisha Watts | The Atlantic. ●  Read more »   Dylan Mulvaney's girlhood, interrupted By Brock Colyar | The Cut ●  Read more »     Word on the street   Before you go (Susannah Hainley ) PERSPECTIVE I'm not sure about being a mom. But I love being an aunt. A flexible work schedule, some disposable income, and having no kids means we can make a big effort to connect with our nieces and nephews who live far away. By Susannah Hainley ●  Read more »     Subscribe to the About US newsletter Did a friend forward this to you? Sign up here. Have a question or suggestion? Email us at aboutus@washpost.com or reach us on Twitter @aboutus. Candid conversations about identity in America — from racial injustices to political movements. Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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