National
Obama and Trump face off over claims of strong economy. By Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN
First 24-hour news channel “by and for” African Americans set to launch during Black History Month. By Liam Knox / NBC News
Voters Of Color Are Set To Have A Bigger Say As Democrats Enter A Crucial Phase. By Domenico Montanaro / NPR
Some students say colleges not doing enough to combat coronavirus-fueled racism. By Julian Shen-Berro / NBC News
Adding Arts to STEM spells opportunity for students of color. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
After Fighting Nazis, Black G.I.s Faced Racism in U.S. Military. By Alexis Clark / NYT
Trump’s words, bullied kids, scarred schools. By Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow Cox and Perry Stein / Wash Post
Latinos gave over $23M in 2019 to Democrats in presidential race; Sanders got the most. By Suzanee Gamboa / NBC News
Asian Americans are a growing force in Nevada and ‘they want to be courted.’ By Fredreka Schouten / CNN
The Race To End Mass Incarceration In America’s Second Largest City. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
The 1619 Project: They Sold Human Beings Here. By Anne C. Bailey / NYT
Racist language is still woven into home deeds across America. Erasing it isn’t easy, and some don’t want to. By Nick Watt and Jack Hannah / CNN
Black and Hispanic students pay more for college loans, study finds. By Gwen Aviles / NBC News
There Have Been 10 Black Senators Since Emancipation. By Eric Foner / NYT
Mary Ellen Pleasant, one of the first black self-made millionaires, used an ingenious trick to build her fortune. By Tom Huddleston Jr. / CNBC
White Supremacist Propaganda Spreading, ADL Says. By AP / HuffPost
Alabama Lawmakers Want to Force One of America’s Blackest Cities to Celebrate White Supremacy. By Michael Harriot / The Root
Border officials destroy Native American burial grounds to build Trump’s wall: report. By Igor Derysh / Salon
Howard University’s Largest Donation Ever Raises Questions About Who Gets Donor Coins. By Jenny Gathright / NPR
Hoyer promises D.C. statehood vote on House floor ‘before the summer.’ By Jenna Portnoy / Wash Post
Jesse Owens Vs. Hitler Wasn’t The Only Story At The 1936 Olympics. By Andrew Maraniss / The Undefeated
Malcolm X assassination case may be reopened after Netflix documentary. By Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President. By McKay Coppins / The Atlantic
When White Women Wanted a Monument to Black ‘Mammies.’ By Alison M. Parker / NYT
Our Ancestors Were Sold to Save Georgetown. ‘$400,000 Is Not Going to Do It.’ By DaVita Robinson, Valerie White and Maxine Crump / NYT
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
