National
We Traced Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Back 500 Years. Here’s What We Found. By Henry Louis Gates / NYT
Trump is following in the footsteps of the worst traitor in US history. By Thom Hartman / MSN
A former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history. By Brianna Scott / NPR
Emmett Till national monument at risk of removal due to Trump’s anti-DEI stand. By Kati Weis / CBS News
William Parker Recalls How He Escaped Slavery. By William Parker / The Atlantic
Trump has become an easy mark — and so has America. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Trump Orders ICE Vengeance on ‘No Kings’ Protest Cities. By Cameron Adams / Daily Beast
NAACP won’t invite Trump to convention, breaking a 116-year tradition. By Sarah D. Wire / USA Today
Virginia’s governor’s race could be a barometer for how voters feel about Trump. By Margaret Barthel / NPR
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules. By Zack Montague / NYT
Women’s Health Care Has a Racism Problem. Trump’s War on DEI Is Making It Worse. By Madison Pauly / Mother Jones
DeSantis ally set to lead Florida’s only public HBCU, sparking backlash. By Niquel Terry Ellis / CNN.
Naval Academy Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit After Dropping Race-Conscious Admissions. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
Black Educators Warn Students Will Suffer Most If Trump Dismantles Department of Education. By Daniel Johnson / Black Enterprise
Ten Years After Charleston. By Halleluya Hadero / Christianity Today
The Spiritual Warfare of Vance Boelter. By Sarah Jones / NY Magazine
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission meets: What to know. By BrieAnna J. Frank / USA Today
Why George Washington Integrated the Army. By Andrew Lawler / The Bulwark
Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden. AP and The Grio
America had open borders until 1924. Racism and corporate greed changed that. By Daniel Mendiola / The Guardian
The use of federal troops to quell Los Angles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights Movement. By Justin Randolph / The Conversation
Schomburg Center centennial highlights large catalog of Black history. By Jaylen Green / AP
The Freedom Rides Museum Still Exists — For Now. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
Maybe Trump and Miller Don’t Understand Americans as Well as They Think They Do. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Ban Trump? Top genocide scholar issues dire warning. By Charles R. Davis / Salon
Americans disagree on much – but this week, we have found common ground. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids. By Tyler Pager et al. / NYT
Why Trump’s get-tough-on-immigrants strategy will be hard to sustain. Editorial Board / Wash Post
Expert: Forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift in American democracy. By Charlie Hunt / Salon
Why There are Barely Any Black Protesters in L.A. By Lawrence Ware / The Root
