National
He was killed on the courthouse steps. Now, a Virginia county honors its first Black elected leader. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Remove a Confederate Statue? A Tennessee City Did This Instead. By Jamie McGee / NYT
A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue to create new art. By Becky Sullivan / NPR
L.A. groups commemorate 1871 massacre that killed 10% of city’s Chinese community. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Why did the U.S. name army bases after Civil War enemies? By Nicholas Goldberg / LA Times
Senate Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Leaving Its Fate in Doubt. By Carl Huise / NYT
Lawmakers warn Biden not to dilute the ‘biggest racial justice bill in generations.’ By Laura Barron-Lopez and Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico
Dems find their anti-Rubio warrior in Val Demings. By Marc Caputo / Politico
Warnock pushes Medicaid expansion as equity issue amid Dem healthcare battle. By Aris Folley / The Hill
Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84. By Eric Schmitt / NYT
Exploding Latino Population Excluded From Texas GOP’s New Congressional Maps, Suit Says. By Matt Shuham / TPM
“Long March for Justice” Underway Across New Jersey to Demand Police Reform, Reparations. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Black residents feel tension in Georgia town where Ahmaud Arbery was killed. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Parents in Michigan, Virginia sue DOJ over response to school board threats. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
Elijah McClain family announces settlement deal with Aurora, Colorado. Christine Fernando / USA Today
Black representation on Fortune 500 boards spiked in 2020. By Aman Kidwal / Fortune
The National Park Service could soon have its first Native American director. By Nell Clark / NPR
University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules. By Stephanie Saul / NYT
The New Black Internationalism. By Adom Getachew / Dissent
Poetry is experiencing a new golden age, with young writers of color taking the lead. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Biden delivers sweeping remarks about human rights: ‘To deal with the past you must face the truth’ By Maegan Vazquez / CNN
‘This is the future’: Black Senate candidates crush fundraising expectations. By Maya King / Politico
Report Highlights ‘Staggering’ Racial Disparities in U.S. Incarceration Rates. By Adruana Rezal / US News
Georgia murder trial in killing of Ahmaud Arbery seen as test case for racial justice. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Breonna Taylor’s death sparked remarkable changes to no-knock raids across America. By Radley Balko / Wash Post
Critical race theory is a potent issue in the Virginia governor’s race. By James Hohmann / Wash Post
Why Many Black Americans Changed Their Minds About Covid Shots. By Audra D. S. Burch and Amy Schoenfeld Walker / NYT
Missouri city honors Black doctor whose land was taken decades ago through eminent domain. By Gabrielle Hays, Talesha Reynolds, and Ryan Connelly Holmes / PBS
History is made as reparations start to flow in Evanston, Illinois. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Black History in Atlanta: Collier Heights neighborhood.By Jasmina Alston / CBS News
