National
State of emergency: High tension in Virginia as right-wing gun fanatics descend on Richmond. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
One city’s reparations program that could offer a blueprint for the nation. by Eric Lutz / The Guardian
Joe Biden Doubles Down On A Racist Myth About Black Parents. By Michael Hobbes / HuffPost
Navy to Name Aircraft Carrier in Honor of Doris Miller, First African American to Receive Navy Criss, On MLK Day. By Seren Morris / Newsweek
Lack of diversity ‘pressures’ Yang to talk race. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
Lacking money and votes, Cory Booker fails to break through a crowded Democratic primary field. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Rep. Elijah Cummings’ widow running for Congress to ‘build on his legacy.’ By Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN
St. Louis Chief Prosecutor Accuses City, Police Union Of Racist Conspiracy In Lawsuit. By Rachel Lippmann / NPR
Jay-Z goes to bat for Mississippi prisoners and files federal lawsuit. By Corky Siemaszko / NBC News
An enslaved man was crucial to the Lewis and Clark expedition’s success. Clark refused to free him afterward. By Hannah Natanson / Wash Post
Wisconsin’s Conservative Voter Purge Fight Rages On. By Jud Lounsbury / The Progressive
Latino Voters Will Decide the 2020 Election. By Jorge Ramos / NYT
Ben Carson’s disturbing retreat on fair housing. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
Children of color already make up the majority of kids in many US states. By Rogelio Saenz and Dudley L. Poston, Jr / The Conversation
How fast food “became black.” By Cynthia Greenlee / Vox
At 16, She’s a Pioneer in the Fight to Cure Sickle Cell Disease. By Gina Kolata / NYT
Latinos, Asian Americans still fear 2020 census over citizenship question, witnesses tell Congress. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Stabbings, Fires, Flooded Cells: Mississippi’s Prison System Is Falling Apart. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
Hurl Bibles or Hot Coffee: How One Church Is Preparing for Attacks. By Audra D.S. Burch / NYT
For Black Americans, It’s Not a Housing Crisis. It’s a Chronic Condition. By Aaron Wiener / Mother Jones
Naming the Threat: The scourge of police violence targeting Black women. By Kimberle Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
Denying a Professor Tenure, Harvard Sparks a Debate Over Ethnic Studies. By Kate Taylor / NYT
Illinois Lt. Governor is first in line to buy pot after her state legalizes it for recreational purposes. By Sky Palma / Raw Story
Police Stop Black Drivers At Higher Rate Than Whites In California. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / Huff Post
The Decade in Asian America. By Jenn Fang / NBC News
Fifty Years After the Police Murders of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. By Norman Stockwell and Frances Madeson / The Progressive
N.Y. Times edits Bret Stephens “Jewish Genius” column to remove scholar who “promoted racist views.” By Igor Derysh / Salon
Jewish community grapples with how to stem growing anti-Semitic violence. By Ben Kesslen / NBC News
2019 Brought Stepped-Up Efforts To Counter White Supremacist Violence. By Hannah Allam / NPR
Gerrymandering is alive and well. The coming battle will be bigger than ever. By Jane C. Timm / NBC News
