National
Texas posthumously exonerates Tommy Lee Walker, executed 70 years prior for rape and murder of White woman. By Alexander Koch / Fox News
Mathematician Gladys West, whose models led to the invention of GPS, dies at 95. By Nhari Djan / The Grio
Trump is something worse than a fascist. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
What Trump’s War Against Wokeness Is Really About. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration crackdown. By Faisal Ali / Aljazeera
U.S. Ending Temporary Protected Status For Somalis—Thousands May Have To Leave By March. By Zachary Folk / Forbes
Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Economy Is Devastating Black Women. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Elon Musk Fully Endorses Shocking Call for ‘White Solidarity.’ By Janna Brancolini / Daily Beast
How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best. By Sarah Mervosh / NYT
Civil Rights Rollbacks in the South Signal a Threat to Vulnerable School Children Everywhere. By Ashana Bigard / The Progressive Magazine
Where’s the Outrage? Universities Need to Speak Up. By Brian Rosenberg / The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Morris Brown College President Says He Was Abruptly Dismissed Without Explanation. By Walter Hudson / Eduledger
Trump’s Amoral World Meets Its Match in Pope Leo. By David Gibson / NYT
A Commitment to the Gospel Is A Commitment to Diversity. By Caitlin Edwards / Christianity Today
Druski’s mega church parody has people laughing, and asking hard questions about the modern Black church. By Bobby Pen / The Grio
Claudette Colvin, unsung civil rights pioneer, dies at 86. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income. By Tarah Williams and Andrew Bloeser / The Conversation
Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Trump admin post suggests intent to kick out nonwhite citizens. By Stephen Prager / Common Dreams
The Supreme Court could erase decades of progress for Black voters. By Donna Brazile / The Hill
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s longtime staffer to run for her seat in Congress. By Olivia George / By Wash Post
Black Families Face Financial Crisis as Affordable Care Act Subsidies Expire. By Shellie M. Scott / The Root
Unmet Demand for Afterschool Programs Reaches Record High Among Black Families. By Chera Watson / Eduledger
As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows. By Pooja Salhotra / NYT
Watchdog urges DOJ probe of top research university over alleged illegal DEI practices: ‘Defies common sense.’ By Andrew Mark Miller / Fox News
Texas A&M Bans Plato Excerpt From a Philosophy Course. By Beth McMurtrie / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
America needs a moral reckoning in 2026. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US.’ By Charlotte Higgins / The Guardian
The New History of Fighting Slavery. What we learn by tracing rebellions from Africa to the Americas. By Laurent Dubois / The Atlantic
Maryland recommends $100K payments to descendants of lynching victims after study. By Joshua Q. Nelson / Fox News
