National
Activists Hope a New Voting Rights Bill Might Finally Overcome the Senate Filibuster. By Grace Segers / TNR
Twitter Users Taunt ‘Biggest Loser’ Larry Elder After He Was Trounced In California Recall. By Ed Mazza / HuffPost
The Resilience of India Walton. By Raina Lopez / The Nation
Boston Mayor’s Race Narrows, With a Progressive in the Lead. By Ellen Berry / NYT
Black farm workers allege in federal lawsuit their former employer hired white laborers for higher pay. By The AP and NBC News
Former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights plead not guilty. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
Emily’s List Selects Laphonza Butler, First Woman Of Color, To Lead Organization. By Deepa Shivram / NPR
Senate Democrats Close To Agreement On Voting Rights Compromise. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Judge Blocks Florida’s GOP-Backed ‘Anti-Riot’ Law. By Curt Anderson / HuffPost
Louisiana Police Head Would Welcome A DOJ Probe Into Racial Profiling / NPR
Black Opioid Overdose Deaths Increasing Faster Than Whites, Study Finds. By Marisa Penaloza / NPR
Hunger rose for Latino and Black families in 2020 despite federal pandemic aid. By Reuters / NBC News
Minorities And Women In The Air Force Face Harassment And Bias, A Study Finds. By AP / NPR
The pandemic released a wave of anti-Asian hate. Now they’re fighting bias in their own pews. By Sarah Ngu / NBC News
Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Hampton to advocate for more focus on STEM. By Mia Berry / The Undefeated
Queen Elizabeth supports Black Lives Matter movement, says aide. By Jack Guy / CNN
Robert E. Lee was a stone-cold loser. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Where are the monuments to Confederate Gen. James Longstreet? By Stephen A. Holmes / CNN
Alphaeus Hunton: The Fight for Equality and Liberation during WWII. By Tony Pecinovsky / AAIHS
George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists. By Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
Facing execution, Julius Jones seeks clemency — with help from an unlikely ally. By Kim Bellware / Wash Post
Facebook’s AI Seems to Have a Racism Problem. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
HBCUs grapple with vaccination mandates as students return to campus. By Dartunorro Clark / NBC News
Theorists, Strategists, and Histories of Slavery. By Diana Paton / AAIHS
Shattering the Hollywood Myths of the Tulsa Race Massacre. By Tirhakah Love / Daily Beast
The Pittsburgh Courier’s Discursive Power, 1910-1940. By Adam Lee Cilli / AAIHS
Critical race theory turning school boards into GOP proving grounds. By Daniel Payne / Politico
Jackie Johnson: Former district attorney indicted in connection to Ahmaud Arbery case. By Martin Savidge and Angela Barajas / CNN
Jury selection is notoriously racist. Arizona has a bold plan to fix it. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
A Federal Job Guarantee: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement. By Rep. Ayanna Pressley and David Stein
