National
The Diversity Bell That Trump Can’t Un-ring. By Geraldo Cadava / TNR
‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released. By Helena Addison / The Conversation
Trump Is Desperately Trying To Make Colleges White Again. By Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost
Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education. By Stephanie Saul, Dana Goldstein and Sarah Mervosh / NYT
The Only Hope Is Total and Unrelenting Resistance. By Arne Duncan / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
This ‘Chilling’ Right-Wing Movement Is Taking Over Classrooms — And It’s Only The Beginning. By Molly Wadzeck / HuffPost
Black Churches Can Apply For Grant To Preserve African American Heritage. By Mitti Hicks / Black Enterprise
Hegseth promotes interview with avowed Christian nationalist. By Garrett Owen / Salon
Trump Is Putting Confederate Statues Back Up. Here’s Why They Must Fall. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
What if Dred Scott Had Been Decided Correctly? By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Obama blasts Texas GOP redistricting plan as a ‘power grab.’ By Joey Garrison / USA Today
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats. By Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
Texas Democrats Walk Out to Stop GOP’s New Congressional Map. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Trump’s cruel policies have a human cost. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. By David S Glosser / Politico
Sen. Tim Scott Continues ‘America Is Not A Racist’ Narrative While Speaking To American Racist Charlie Kirk. By Zack Linly / Newsone
Bondi’s phony Obama probe exposes Trump’s fears. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
12 Years After Bankruptcy, a Changed Detroit Is Picking a Mayor. By Mitch Smith / NYT
Black Women Have A Silent Killer And It’s Heart Disease. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI. By Ella Fassier / Truthout
Public schools are closing as Arizona’s school voucher program soars. By Laura Meckler / Wash Post
Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit. By Ben Austen / NYT
How Charlie Kirk turned to religion to level up his racism. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
‘This is domestic terror’: Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again. By Chris Lehmann / The Nation
Robert Smalls Gets Statue At South Carolina State Capitol. By Joe Jurado / Newsone
How Our History Became “Divisive.” By Stephen Kearse / Mother Jones
How Trump Is Plotting To Disrupt The Next Election. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost (Image by CNN)
American democracy is crashing out and it will be hard to reverse, international rights group warns. By Russell Payne / Salon
