National
‘What Took Us So Long?’: Black Caucus Members Propose Awarding 200,000 Black Civil War Vets Congressional Gold Medal. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
University of Alabama removes name of Klansman from a campus building. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
Supreme Court Halts Order Requiring Alabama To Redraw Congressional Map. By Nick Visser / HuffPost
Black Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Take ‘Aggressive’ Action Against Voter Restrictions. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
In his fight against ‘woke’ schools, DeSantis tears at the seams of a diverse Florida. By Tim Craig and Lori Rozsa / Wash Post
Dear White Staffers: It’s Time We Listened. By Jim Swift / The Bulwark
After a half-century of federal oversight, segregated neighborhoods are still pervasive: ABC News analysis. By Mark Nichols / ABC News
Racism and discrimination remain dangerous for Black health, wellness. By Alia E. Dastagir / USA Today
Native Americans are an ‘untapped political force,’ which is why the GOP is fighting to stop them. By SemDem / Daily Kos
1 in 10 Black people in the U.S. are immigrants, new data finds. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Once again, the police have killed a Black man for legally possessing a gun. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
The hate crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers will put racism in the spotlight. By Jamil Smith / Vox
Students are suspended less when their teacher has the same race or ethnicity. By Matthew Shirell / The Conversation
The Man Who Exposed L.A.’s Notorious Sheriff Gangs. By Ethan Brown / New York Magazine
Online Forum with Pew Research on Black Religious Affiliation. By AAIHS Editors
Christena Cleveland shifts from ‘white male God’ to ‘Sacred Black Feminine.’ By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Kentucky archdiocese to be led by bishop who’s fought racism. By AP and RNS
How 18th-century Quakers led a boycott of sugar to protest against slavery. By Julie L. Holcomb / RNS
“Blacks and Jews” authors: “Whoopi is not the enemy” but “it may be too late” for America anyway. By Alison Stine / Salon
Paul Robeson–The Revolutionary. By Tony Pecinovsky / AAIHS
Looking Beyond Affirmative Action. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Biden seeks to burnish anti-crime credentials in NYC visit. By Annie Linskey / Wash Post
North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down redistricting maps. By AP and NPR
HBCUs have long been a target for racial backlash. By Tat Bellamy-Walker/ NBC News
Minneapolis Police Killed Amir Locke in a No-Knock Raid—After the City Promised to Ban Them. By Eamon Whalen / Mother Jones
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers headed to federal trial after withdrawing guilty pleas on hate crime charge. By David K. Li / NBC News
Who Is Pamela Moses? Black Woman Sentenced to Prison for Trying To Vote. By Isabel Van Brugen / Newsweek
Latinas are well represented in the labor force. In Congress, not so much. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Shelly Lowe confirmed as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. By Peggy McGlone / Wash Post
VMI will change honor system that expels Black cadets at disproportionate rates. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
