National
Virginia will eliminate a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. It’ll make Election Day a day off instead. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
Led by a 22-year old, ‘image-obsessed’ white nationalists in masks march on Washington. By Jessica Sutherland / Daily Kos
Virginia can take a step toward racial justice with marijuana reform. By Brad Haywood and Sean Perryman / Wash Post
New study shows racism may shorten black Americans’ lifespans. By Liam Knox / NBC News
Strivings of the Negro People. By W.E. Burghardt Du Bois / The Atlantic August 1897 Issue
DOJ To Investigate Mississippi Prisons After Spate Of Inmate Deaths. By Scott Neuman / NPR
Kweisi Mfume Wins the Special Primary for Elijah Cummings’ Congressional Seat. By Julia Craven / Slate
New Philadelphia police chief starts amid surge in homicides. By Associated Press
What Donald Trump Wants From Black Americans. By Zak Cheney -Rice / New York Magazine
Tidal wave of voter suppression’ washes over states, lawyer says. By Janell Ross / NBC News
What Are the Democratic Candidates’ Climate Proposals for Black America? By Julia Craven / Slate
The Long History of the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Links to White Supremacists. By Alex DiBranco
Tulsa plans to dig for suspected mass graves from a 1921 race massacre. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Young Black Americans who want to explore their roots can take a free birthright trip to Africa. Here’s how. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Newsom grants posthumous pardon to civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. By Phil Willon / LA Times
Trump just gave Americans a lesson in white history. By Jessica Machado / Vox
Watch LeBron James’ Heartfelt, Unrehearsed Tribute to Kobe Bryant. By Josh Levin / Slate
How Trump’s impeachment created two Democratic superstars. By Jake Sherman and Heather Caygle / Politico
Black and Hispanic drivers in Austin, Texas, are disproportionately stopped by police, report says. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Stacey Abrams, Dems rally around pastor in burgeoning Georgia Senate race. By James Arkin / Politico
Cory Booker’s Candidacy Forced Us to Examine the Root of Inequality in Schools. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
A nearly all-white Iowa town asked itself: ‘Why do we hate?’ By Tyrone Beason / LA Times
Black History Month: The Afro-Indigenous—Native Americans with African ancestry. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
America’s last slave ship stole them from home. It couldn’t steal their identities. By Joel K. Bourne, Jr., Sylviane Diouf and Chelsea Brasted / National Geographic
Slavery reparations seem impossible. In many places, they’re already happening. By Thai Jones / Wash Post
Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. By Ellen McCarthy / Wash Post
Editorial: Trump’s tax cuts are exploding the deficit. The poor are going to wind up paying the tab. By The Editorial Board/ LA Times
Among poorest 20 percent of Americans, one-third of income goes to health care: study. By Nicole Karlis / Salon
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters. By Ben Schreckinger / Politico
Mississippi’s governor is shutting down a unit inside the prison where 9 inmates have died. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
