National
How the Voting Rights Act ended up back at the Supreme Court. By Jonquilyn Hill / Vox
Black maternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi. By AP and NBC News
Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
“Christian Nationalism’s Popularity Should Be a Wake Up Call.” By Jared Yates Sexton / Time
Survey: Hispanic Protestant Churches Are Young, First Gen, and Growing. By Aaron Earls / Christianity Today
Howard Thurman’s Spiritual and Intellectual Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. By AAIHS Editors
Myth America review: superb group history of the lies that built a nation. By Charles Kaiser / The Guardian
FIU professor’s ‘Teach the Truth’ tours defy DeSantis law on black history lessons. By The Grio Staff and Yahoo
The Museum Built on Native American Burial Mounds. By Logan Jaffe / Propublica
The Forgotten History of Chinese Railroad Workers Rises From the Texas Dust. By Zachary Small / NYT
Violent History Echoes in the Killing of Tyre Nichols. By Emil Yetlin / NYT
Teachers say parents, laws are changing how they teach race and gender. By Hannah Natanson / Wash Post
The Biden administration is finally ready to show teeth on housing discrimination. By Rachel M. Cohen / Vox
The life-and-death consequences of the shortage of Black psychiatrists. By Amanda J. Calhoun / Slate
In an HBCU first, Howard awarded $90 million military research contract. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
The Church Was Meant to Enjoy Its Diversity, Not Wish It Away. By Helen Lee and Michelle Ami Reyes / CT
Editorial: Republican agenda hardly reflective of Catholic values. By NCR Editorial Staff / NCR
USCCB official: The church must admit its role in destroying Native American culture. By Dan Stockman / GSR
How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom. By Viola Franziska Muller / The Conversation
Louis Congo: Ex-Slave and Executioner of Louisiana. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
States Push for New Voting Laws With an Eye Toward 2024. By Neil Vigdor / NYT
Treasury Department Study: White People Get 90 Percent of the Benefits of Many Tax Breaks. By Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones
Biden admin releases first plan to support Asian American, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian communities. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Colorado police and paramedics plead not guilty in Elijah McClain death. By AP and NPR
Historically Black Catholic university announces new medical college to meet dire shortage. By Peter Finney Jr. / NCR
Foundation empties coffers to fund Black paper in Baltimore. By AP and NBC News
Pastor William Barber says Christian nationalism is ‘a form of heresy.’ By John Blake / CNN
Donald Trump is smothering the religious right. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
A great historian unlocks the key to antisemitism. By Paul Johnson / RNS
