National
Enslaved Black craftsmen helped build the U.S. Capitol that a mob fueled by racist rhetoric stormed. By Felicia A. Bell / Wash Post
Trump Administration’s ‘1776 Report’ Justifies Slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow. By Mike Konczal / The Nation
Before ‘I Have a Dream,’ Martin Luther King Almost Died. This Man Saved Him. By Michael Wilson / NYT
Joe Biden delivers one of the best inaugural addresses in memory. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
Black Americans Have Seen White Terrorists Rampage Before. By Rochelle Riley / The Undefeated
Pentagon probes extremism in U.S. military as thousands of troops guard D.C. after Capitol riot. By Kevin Breuninger and Amanda Macias / CNBC
Republican Senator Apologizes to Black Constituents for Challenging Electoral Vote. By Lauren Camera / US News
Jaime Harrison is Biden’s pick for Democratic National Committee chair. By Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News
How Stacey Abrams has been mobilizing Asian Americans for years. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans. By Hannah Recht and Lauren Weber / NBC News
The Coronavirus Is Erasing Minority Women from the Workforce. By Diane Coyle / NYT
Tom Vilsack’s nomination as agriculture secretary reopens old wounds for Black farmers. By Laura Reiley / Wash Post
Lincoln’s first inauguration met with threats of kidnapping, killing and militias. By Michael E. Ruane / Wash Post
Virginia holiday commemorating Confederate generals won’t be celebrated in 2021, for the first time in over 100 years. By Li Cohen / CBS News
Reconstruction lessons for Trump: Dealing with Confederate treason was more complicated than you’d think. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
Joe Biden’s Looming War on White Supremacy. By Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic
Georgia election: high Black voter turnout was due to years of activist efforts. By Sam Levine / The Guardian
Kamala Harris gains prominent new role thanks to Democrats’ Senate majority. By Christopher Cadelago / Politico
Eddie Lee Howard: A Black man who wrongfully served 26 years on death row in the killing of a White woman is now free. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Biden Picks Dr. Nunez-Smith to Lead Health Equity Task Force. By Roni Caryn Rabin / NYT
154,000 Black Women Left The Workforce In December Alone. By Emily Peck / HuffPost
McGuire, Wall Street Favorite, Raises $5 Million and Jolts Mayor’s Race. By Jeffery C. Mays / NYT
The Austerity Politics of White Supremacy. By Vanessa Williamson / Dissent
Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document? By Gordon S. Wood / NYT
Mass Incarceration and the Metaphor of Slavery. By Shannon King / AAIHS
Rep. Clyburn wants to make ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ a national hymn. By Randi Richardson / NBC News
The Thoroughly Respectable Capitol Rioters. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
America in 2021: Racial Progress in the South, a White Mob in the Capitol. By Astead W. Herndon / NYT
Unredacted FBI Document Sheds New Light on White Supremiacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement. By Alice Speri / The Intercept
