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Charlie Kirk’s Murder Fuels New Attacks on Higher Education. By Anna Merlan / Mother Jones
Trump Redirects Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Charter Schools. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael C. Bender / NYT
Here are the details of Trump’s $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image. By Jaweed Kaleem / LA Times
Bishop William Barber Condemns Charlie Kirk Murder and the Right’s Religious Nationalism. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
NEH grant to fight antisemitism is largest ever, signaling Trump-era shift. By Janay Kingsberry / Wash Post
National Baptists and partners commit to social justice advocacy at annual session. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
So You Want a Civil War? Let’s Pause to Remember What One Looks Like. By David Blight / TNR
Trump Admin Orders Removal Of Notable Photo Of Formerly Enslaved Man From National Park. By Ben Glanchet / HuffPost
National Center for Civil and Human Rights expands at a critical moment. By Errol Burnett / CBS News
5 Little Girls And The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. By Anoa Changa / Newsone
Congress moves to counter Hegseth on base names that evoke Confederacy. By Noah Robertson / Wash Post
Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Andrew Duehren, Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Rogers / NYT
Trump vows vengeance against ‘radical Left’ for Charlie Kirk slaying. By Josh Meyer / USA Today
Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy. By Sasha Abramsky / The Nation
Trump’s excuse for firing Fed governor doesn’t hold water. By CK Smith / Salon
Anyone who bought RFK Jr.’s hype should read this report. By Leana S. Wen / Wash Post
Trump’s plan to control Congress could cost these Black lawmakers their seats. By Garren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
Why the Spike in Black Unemployment Is an Alarming Sign of What’s to Come. By Layla A. Jones / TPM
Trump administration cuts grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional. By Collin Binkley / AP
The Supreme Court Says ICE Can Consider Race, But Colleges Can’t. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
Multiple historically Black colleges launch lockdowns after ‘terroristic’ threat. By Joanna Slater and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Wash Post
Charlie Kirk Brought Hard-Right Politics To A New Generation. By Matt Shuham / HuffPost
At Emory University, the disbanding of DEI contradicts the school’s progressive reputation. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Charlie Kirk leaves behind a sweeping MAGA Christian network. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
MAGA’s plan for a white Christian America is unfolding before our eyes. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
An Exhortation to the Exhausted Black Christian. By Lecrae Moore / Christianity Today
Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence. By Maurizio Valsania / The Conversation
The Ritual of Civic Apology. By Beth Lew-William / The New Yorker
Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
What Can’t Trump Wreck? By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
