National
How a state capital became one of the deadliest US cities. By Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar / CNN
Sickle Cell Math Is Brutally Simple, but Not Widely Taught. By Gina Kolata / NYT
Who Gets to Define What It Means to Live? By Nick Romeo / NYT
Last Known Slave Ship Is Remarkably Well Preserved, Researchers Say. By Michael Levenson / NYT
The Fight to Remember the Black Rebellion at Igbo Landing. By Remenda Cyrus / Mother Jones
New venue for revised look at U.S. racism’s history: roadside markers. CBS News
How the Hart–Celler Act Changed America. By Ruth Milkman / Dissent
Black-owned hospice focuses on end-of-life disparities. By Blake Farmer / NPR
Why Covid Death Rates Are Rising for Some Groups. By Denise Lu and Albert Sun / NYT
Report shows the extent of Republican efforts to sabotage democracy. By Ed Pilkington / The Guardian
The Rise of Eric Adams and Black New York. By Mara Gay / NYT
First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City. By Sabrina Tavernise / NYT
Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright shooting. By Vanessa Romo, Becky Sullivan and Joe Hernandez / NPR
Texas Board Withdraws Pardon Recommendation For George Floyd. By Peter J. Weber / HuffPost
ACLU accuses school of failing to protect Black student. By AP and NBC News
Black Americans continue to see higher jobless rate despite market recovery. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
What Made Black History in 2021? By Dodal Stewart / NYT
70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide. They Should Have Been Taken Seriously. By Alex Hinton / Politico
Desmond Tutu, South African Equality Activist, Dies At 90. By Andrew Meldrum / HuffPost
Franklin A. Thomas, Pathbreaking Ford Foundation President, Dies at 87. By Clay Risen / NYT
Voting Laws Roundup: December 2021. By Brennan Center for Justice
A New Crop Of Anti-Protest Laws Threatens First Amendment Rights. By Carrie Levine / HuffPost
Inside Justice Department investigation of Phoenix, Louisville police. By Jimmy Jenkins and Tessa Duvall / USA Today
Los Angeles’s anger at its homeless is what’s driving Karen Bass to run for mayor. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK. By AP and NPR
California investigates Google’s treatment of Black women workers. By Reuters and NBC News
Tackling the racial divide in the fight against cancer. By Jon Lapook / CBS News
Celebrating Myon Burrell’s Release From Prison. By Sarah Lahim / The Progressive
Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bank Got Millions in Government Deposits — Then Had to Give Them Back. By Mick Dumke and Haru Coryne / ProPublica
Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue to replace Confederate figure at the Capitol. By Kynala Phillips / NBC News
