National
Here is a hard historical truth: Slavery powerfully shaped Harvard. By Lawrence S. Bacow and Tomiko Brown-Nagin. Wash Post
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues. By Kate Clifford Larson / The Conversation
Boston breaks ground on a Martin Luther King memorial. By Tovia Smith / NPR
Slavery reckoning requires confronting sexual exploitation of Black women. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Joy Reid Calls Pic Of Black Boys Holding Anti-CRT Signs For Ron DeSantis ‘Child Abuse.’ By Ron Dicker / HuffPost
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill creating new Florida election police force. By Fredreka Schouten / CNN
Antisemitic incidents surged in 2021 as Israel-Gaza fighting escalated, report finds. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
A Major New Study Shows a Promising Solution to Gun Violence—That Doesn’t Involve Police. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
By Any Means: Emmett Till’s Family Calls on Authorities to Use 1995 Kidnapping Warrant to Apprehend Woman Who Wrongly Accused the Chicago Teen. By Nyamekye Daniel / Atlanta Black Star
Black homeownership continues to lag in 50 largest U.S. cities. By Michele Lerner / Wash Post
Asian women executives at top companies: Why so few make it to top. By Jessica Guynn and Jayme Fraser / USA Today
How to Tell the History of the Democrats. By Timothy Shenk / Dissent Magazine
The Rodney King effect: 30 years after riots, how far has LA come? By Francine Kiefer / CSM
Harvard Pledges $100 Million To Research, Atone For Role In Slavery. By Collin Binkley / HuffPost
Voting rights groups sue over Florida congressional map. By Brandan Farrington / PBS
Florida education department explains ban of math textbooks. By The Grio Staff
Black voters continue to back Biden despite sting of inflation. By Janelle Griffith / NBC News
Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women. By Panthea Lee / The Nation
About 1 in 4 older Latinos, Blacks report discrimination when seeking health care. By Tat Bellamy-Walker / NBC News
Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need — here are 3 ways teachers can do better. By Mildred Boveda / The Conversation
Conditions at Mississippi’s Most Notorious Prison Violate the Constitution, DOJ Says. By Jerry Mitchell / Propublica
In rural Alabama, raw sewage spurs investigation into racial inequality.
Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy after police killing of Patrick Lyoya. By Kathryn Post / Religion News
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow on reclaiming faith from those using it as ‘a weapon to hate people.’ By Jack Jenkins / Religion News
While Al Green was looking to get to God, he became a star. By Ray Levy Uyeda / NCR
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Aesthetics of Emancipation. By Clay Martin / AAIHS
Grant helps spread forgotten history of racial violence against Mexican Americans. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
‘Democracy will wither’: Barack Obama outlines perils of unregulated big tech in sweeping speech. By Kari Paul / The Guardian
Another Trump hate rally: The threats get worse, and polite America turns away. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
‘A racist move’: Florida’s DeSantis threatens Black voter power with electoral maps. By Andrew Witherspoon and Sam Levine / The Guardian
