National
The 1619 Project: Making space for long-ignored truths. By Tom Roberts / National Catholic Reporter
The Racist Song That Has Dug Deep Roots in American Culture. By Rick Bragg / NYT
How the Government Helped White Americans Steal Black Farmland. By Dania Francis, Darrick Hamilton, Thomas Mitchell, Nathan Rosenberg, Bryce Wilson Stucki / The New Republic
When the Nevada Supreme Court Tackled Racial Bias. By Randolph M. Fiedler & Jocelyn S. Murphy /AAIHS
Alabama church of ‘Bloody Sunday’ on endangered places list. By AP and NBC News
Racial justice coalition demands that Biden order study of reparations. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
What two missing child cases say about ‘missing white woman syndrome.’ By Gina Barton and Ashley Luthern / USA Today
After recession, a Black business boom. By Tracy Jan / Wash Post
UC system to waive tuition, fees for Native American students in fall 2022. By Rina Torchinsky / NPR
Behind church doors: White evangelicals are quietly fueling Trump’s Big Lie. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The Day the Civil-Rights Movement Changed. By David Dennis / The Atlantic
A New Orleans community center rises from its ugly history as a segregated school. By Connie L. Schaffer, Martha Graham Victor and Meg White / The Conversation
‘Fear and Confusion’: A Tale of Internment. By Jake Whitney / The Progressive Magazine
The Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Would Have Severe Implications for Black Americans. By Margo Snipe and Christina Carrega / Capital B
A Georgia City Reckons With a New District, Led by Marjorie Taylor Greene. By Maya King / NYT
Most parents don’t disapprove of what schools are teaching, poll finds. Anya Kamenetz / NPR
Racist Minneapolis Cops Spied on Black Leaders While Ignoring White Hate Groups. By Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone
More Black people sought births outside hospitals in 2020, report finds. By Lateshia Beachum / Wash Post
A man left prison after three decades. Now, he might be sent back. By Brittany Shammas / Wash Post
Arab American Heritage Month: ‘Being counted as White doesn’t reflect our day-to-day experiences.’ By Mirna Alsharif and Brandon Tensley / CNN
Spelman College Names Dr. Helene D. Gayle President. Rebecca Kelliher / Diverse Issues In Higher Education
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
