National May 16, 2023 Kentucky governor’s race: Daniel Cameron and Kelly Craft turn GOP primary into a knife fight. By Ben Jacobs / Vox
National May 16, 2023 How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats. By Propublica and Daily Kos
Collegiate Voices, National May 16, 2023 Statehouses’ Targeting of Diversity and Tenure Is Starting to Scare Away Faculty Job Candidates. By Megan Zalneis / Chronicle of Higher Ed
National May 16, 2023 Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S. By Loren Henderson and Ruby Mendenhall / The Conversation
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 16, 2023 On Tucker Carlson and the Fear of Being Replaced. By Russell Moore / Christianity Today
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 16, 2023 Latino faith leaders continue pressure against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ immigration bill. By Alejandra Molina / RNS
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 Slavery and Disability in Antebellum America. By Christopher D.E. Willoughby / AAIHS
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans — and not on lone wolves. By Kathleen Belew / The Conversation
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 Tennessee Has Two White Faces. I’ve Seen Both of Them. By Ishmel Reed / Politico
National May 16, 2023 Black Alabamians endured poor sewage for decades. Now they may see justice. By Brady Dennis / Wash Post
National May 16, 2023 A California panel has called for billions in reparations for black residents. By AP and NPR
National May 16, 2023 Culture wars intensify as legislators face censures, expulsions. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Collegiate Voices, National May 16, 2023 Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin’s diversity chief. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
National May 16, 2023 Voting Rights Group Sues Florida For Registration Process That Sets Former Felons Up To Fail. By Kaila Philo / TPM
National May 16, 2023 Newly Right-Wing N. Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Its 2022 Gerrymandering Decision. By Kate Riga / TPM
National May 16, 2023 South Carolina Democratic Party elects first Black woman chair. By AP and NBC News
Collegiate Voices, National May 16, 2023 Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
National May 16, 2023 From TikTok to ’90s rap, Jamaal Bowman is learning to raise his voice in Congress. By Scott Wong / NBC News
Culture, National May 16, 2023 Roy Wood Jr’s Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Roast. By Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 16, 2023 Bishop T.D. Jakes Announces $1 Billion Partnership With Wells Fargo To Create Mixes-Income Housing Developments. By Sharelle Burt / Black Enterprise
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 16, 2023 Caste discrimination laws remain fraught. Here’s why they shouldn’t be. By South Asia Scholar Activist Collective / RNS
Ethics/Morality/Religion, National May 16, 2023 From poverty to fame, Harry Belafonte never lost his moral compass. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 Confederate Tributes Are Losing Their Patron Saint. By Brent Staples / NYT
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 Black Resistance and Lynching Memory: An Interview with Mari N. Crabtree Part I. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died – here’s how the 1955 murder case helped define civil rights history. By Davia W. Houck / The Conversation
Collegiate Voices, National May 16, 2023 AP course in African American Studies brings Black history to life for these Tulsa students. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
National, Past Voices May 16, 2023 60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS