National
More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. By Julie Zauzmer Weil , Adrian Blanco and Leo Dominguez / Wash Post
Senate Passes Bill To Honor Emmett Till And His Mother. By AP and HuffPost
Ida B. Wells, writer and activist, is honored with a Barbie doll. By Elizabeth Blair / NPR
Maya Angelou quarters now being distributed in the US. By Jordan Mendoza / USA Today
César Chávez’s march that changed it all is the topic of a new graphic novel. By Arturo Conde / NBC News
Republican legislatures want to jam through more voting restrictions ahead of 2022 midterms. Igor Derysh / Salon
Michelle Obama wades into 2022 election cycle, urging Americans to ‘Fight For Our Vote.’ By Rachel Janfaza / CNN
Hate Crimes Trial In Arbery Killing To Put Racism Front And Center By Russ Bynum / HuffPost
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Pioneering Civil Rights Lawyer Lani Guinier Dead At 71. Jessica Gresko and Gary Fields / HuffPost
Even in this time of fear, HBCUs continue the African American spiritual tradition of hope. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6. By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
Major GOP donor sends mass email tying Jews to vaccine genocide conspiracy. By Aldous J Pennyfarthing / Daily Kos
Idaho church window once depicting Robert E. Lee now honors Black female bishop. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism. By Charles C. Camosy / Religion News
Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s History Lessons. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
U.S.’ oldest surviving WWII veteran, Lawrence Brooks, has died at the age of 112. By Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The two Kentucky CRT bills: Only white history allowed. By Berry Craig / Daily Kos
‘If not us, then who?’: inside the landmark push for reparations for Black Californians. By Vivian Ho / The Guardian
Attorney General Vows to Pursue Jan. 6 Inquiry ‘at Any Level.’ By Katie Benner / NYT
Schumer vows Senate rules change if voting rights bill is blocked again. By Barbara Sprunt and Deirdre Walsh / NPR
Biden’s Judicial Picks Reflect Nation’s Diversity. By Russ Feingold / The Progressive
Rep. Bobby Rush to retire after three decades in Congress. By Felicia Sonmez and Amy B Wang / Wash Post
Gettysburg Makes History and Swears In the First Black and Female Mayor, Rita Frealing. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
Ursula Burns, the first Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company, is done taking calls from nervous white leaders. By Ellen McGirt / Fortune
Black women face higher risk of death during pregnancy. By Jericka Duncan / ABC News
A man is free after serving 37 years because of a false witness. AP and NPR
How 2021 collapsed the divide between religion and politics. By Jacob Lupfer / RNS
Religious Freedom Makes a Sacred Gathering Possible. By Frederick Clarkson / Daily Kos
Why Stefon Diggs’ good deed reveals a bad system. By Daniel P. Horan / NCR
