National
The Promise and Pressures of Deb Haaland, the First Native American Cabinet Secretary. By Elizabeth Williamson / NYT
Donna Brazile, one of Fox News’ last remaining liberals, quietly leaves network. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
As graduates cheered, an HBCU president announced that their debt to the university was wiped away. By Jaclyn Peiser / Wash Post
Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all Black residents. By Ryann Young / CNN
The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street. By Alexander E. Stern / AAIHS
Shot 55 years ago while marching against racism, James Meredith reminds us that powerful movements can include those with very different ideas. By Aram Goudsouzian / The Conversation
Service, patriotism and the promise of Black liberation. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Biden Calls Texas Voting Restrictions Bill ‘Un-American.’ By Chas Danner / New York Magazine
Kamala Harris Talks Being The First With History-Making Naval Academy Graduate. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Long, Lonely Fight to Gain DC Voting Rights. By Matt Cohen / Mother Jones
McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Karine Jean-Pierre makes history in White House briefing room. By Lauren Egan / NBC News
Fox News drama: Juan Williams reportedly forced out at “The Five” by co-host Greg Gutfeld. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
George Floyd’s death one year later: here’s where police reform stands in Minneapolis and other cities. By Sean Collins / Vox
U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence. By Ruth Graham and Liam Stack / NYT
Younger Latinos confront immigrant parents on race, Black history. By Carmen Sesin and Cora Cervantes / NBC News
Poor medical care and distrust fuels black patients’ desire for black physicians. By Veronica Zaragovia / NPR
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US. By Denise A. Herd / The Conversation
Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects. By Angus Chen / NPR
Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America. By Channon Hodge, Breeanna Hare, Tami Luhby, Elias Goodstein, Priya Krishnakumar, Nadia Lancy, Toby Lyles, Amy Roberts and Clint Alwahab / CNN
The Bezos Of Black Wall Street. A century ago, O.W. Gurley built an empire of African American businesses in Tulsa. By Antoine Gara / Forbes
America’s monument to White victimhood. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Albert King Is Not Forgotten. By Alexa Mills / Wash Post
Unrepentant Bill Cosby Denied Parole For Refusing Therapy For Violent Sexual Predators. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
100 Years After the Tulsa Massacre, What Does Justice Look Like? By Caleb Gayle / NYT
‘On the Ashes of Tragedy’: Mixed Emotions on Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death. By Tim Arango and Andrés R. Martínez / NYT
What George Floyd’s Death Has Done For Americans’ Ability To Feel Empathy. By Bill Chappell / NPR
George Floyd and the Global Fight for Black Lives. By Mickell Carter / AAIHS
Officer Withheld Video Of Ronald Greene’s Deadly Arrest For Nearly 2 Years. By Jim Mustian / HuffPost
