National February 4, 2026 House Passes Bill Funding ICE — With Help From Democrats. By Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney / HuffPost
National February 4, 2026 Louisiana v. Callais Will Have Powerful Implications For Black Voting Rights. By Anoa Changa-Peck / Newsone
National February 4, 2026 Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico Face Off in a Texas Senate Primary Campaign. By J. David Goodman / NYT
National February 4, 2026 Behind the December jobs report: Black unemployment remains nearly double the national rate. By Andrea Bossi / MSN
National February 4, 2026 According to a new report, Harris County, Texas, is the deadliest place to give birth for Black women. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
National, Opinion February 4, 2026 Conservatives are flipping civil rights principles on their head. By Russell Payne / Salon
Education, National February 4, 2026 Probes Into Racism in Schools Stall Under Trump. By Meredith Kolodner / TPM
Education, National February 4, 2026 When Philanthropy Becomes a Suspect: Black Institutions, Federal Scrutiny, and the MacKenzie Scott Moment. By Fisher Jack / Eurweb
Education, National February 4, 2026 Florida is reshaping higher education. Other states are watching. By Lucy Marques / Tampa Bay Times
World February 4, 2026 People in Gaza dig through garbage for things to burn to keep warm — a far cry from Trump’s vision. By Toqa Ezzidin and Julia Frankel / AP
World February 4, 2026 Trump seeking ‘regime change’ in Cuba by end of the year: US media report. By Erin Hale / Aljazeera
World February 4, 2026 Trump’s Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America. By Tim Ross / Politico
World February 4, 2026 Trump withdrew the U.S. from UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Experts see a more sinister ploy. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National February 4, 2026 It’s Not ‘Christian Nationalism.’ It’s Conservative Identity Politics. By George Yancey / Christianity Today
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National February 4, 2026 The Christian Curriculum Teaching Civil Rights to a New Generation. By Harvest Purdue / Christianity Today
Book/Podcast and Video Favorites February 4, 2026 Sermon for Martin Luther King Day. By William J. Barber II
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National February 4, 2026 Top Catholic cardinals say U.S. foreign policy raises moral questions. By Michelle Boorstein and Anthony Faiola / Wash Post
National, Past Voices February 4, 2026 We’ve Never Agreed About George Washington and Slavery. By John Garrison Marks / Time
National, Past Voices February 4, 2026 When Free, Light-Skinned, Black Women Were Required to Wear Headgear to Identify Themselves as Non-White. By William Spivey / Level Man
National, Past Voices February 4, 2026 Texas posthumously exonerates Tommy Lee Walker, executed 70 years prior for rape and murder of White woman. By Alexander Koch / Fox News
National, Past Voices February 4, 2026 Mathematician Gladys West, whose models led to the invention of GPS, dies at 95. By Nhari Djan / The Grio
Culture February 4, 2026 A Black Film Just Made Oscars History With a Record 16 Nominations. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
Sports February 4, 2026 How Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ended up pitted against each other. By Ken Makin / The Christian Science Monitor
Sports February 4, 2026 In a place like Pittsburgh, Mike Tomlin could never escape the shadow of race. By Jesse Washington / Andscape
Sports February 4, 2026 Why is Rodman signing and highest female soccer salary controversial? By Kevin Hand / Aljazeera
Sports February 4, 2026 For Khris Middleton, helping produce ‘Hoops, Hopes & Dreams’ was a no-brainer. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Original February 4, 2026 The Art and Politics of Attention-Grabbing. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
National, Opinion January 31, 2026 Trump is something worse than a fascist. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
National, Opinion January 31, 2026 What Trump’s War Against Wokeness Is Really About. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
National January 31, 2026 Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration crackdown. By Faisal Ali / Aljazeera
National January 31, 2026 U.S. Ending Temporary Protected Status For Somalis—Thousands May Have To Leave By March. By Zachary Folk / Forbes
National January 31, 2026 Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Economy Is Devastating Black Women. By Kali Holloway / The Nation