National
Graham, Harrison spar over SCOTUS and Covid-19 in fiery Senate debate. By James Arkin / Politico
Can Mike Espy Make History, Again? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
California was a free state. But there was still slavery. Now reparations are on the table. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Alabama’s governor apologizes to survivor of 1963 Klan bombing of Birmingham church. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Black Gun Ownership Surges Amid 2020 Racial Tensions. By Madison J. Gray / BET News
Student Discipline Rates Show Black Girls Are Disproportionally At Risk. By Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro / NYT
On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor. By Marc Zimmer / The Conversation
Demographic shifts since 2016 could be enough to defeat Trump. But it’s complicated. By David Wasserman / NBC News
Poll shows Warnock leading in Georgia special Senate election. By Zack Budryk / The Hill
The Obama Justice Department Had a Plan to Hold Police Accountable for Abuses. The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It. By Robert Faturechi / Propublica
Kids’ perceptions of police fall as they age – for Black children the decline starts earlier and is constant. By Kathleen Padilia and Adam Fine / The Conversation
Black Appalachians find hope in national reckoning on race. By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / ABC News
Amid the Monument Wars, a Rally for ‘More History.’ By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
L.A. Times apology during a season of reflection. By The Times Editorial Board
THE FIRSTS: The children who desegregated America. A Special project from The Atlantic.
A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor. By Jay Price / NPR
Trump’s Debate Answer Gave White Supremacists a Huge Win. By Vera Bergengruen and Lissandra Villa / Time
A woman killed. An officer shot. And no one legally responsible. By David A. Fahrenhold / Wash Post
Since 2015: 48 Black Women Killed by the Police. And Only 1 Charge. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta / NYT
‘Blatant disregard and disrespect of Black people’: Virginia district apologizes for segregated schools – 53 years later. By Elinor Aspegren / USA Today
How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed. By Astead W. Herndon / NYT
Black doctors want to vet vaccine process, worried about mistrust from years of medical racism. By Meryl Kornfield / Wash Post
The Relentlessness of Black Grief. By Marissa Evans / The Atlantic
Trump Preached White Supremacy in Minnesota, America Barely Noticed. By Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone
As the U.S. Grows More Diverse, Most Police Departments Haven’t Kept Up. By Lauren Leatherby and Richard A. Oppel Jr. / NYT
