National
Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles, 1937-2026. By Jamal Watson / The EduLedger
The Coming Trump Crackup. By David Brooks / NYT
House Passes Bill Funding ICE — With Help From Democrats. By Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney / HuffPost
Louisiana v. Callais Will Have Powerful Implications For Black Voting Rights. By Anoa Changa-Peck / Newsone
Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico Face Off in a Texas Senate Primary Campaign. By J. David Goodman / NYT
Behind the December jobs report: Black unemployment remains nearly double the national rate. By Andrea Bossi / MSN
According to a new report, Harris County, Texas, is the deadliest place to give birth for Black women. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
Conservatives are flipping civil rights principles on their head. By Russell Payne / Salon
Probes Into Racism in Schools Stall Under Trump. By Meredith Kolodner / TPM
When Philanthropy Becomes a Suspect: Black Institutions, Federal Scrutiny, and the MacKenzie Scott Moment. By Fisher Jack / Eurweb
Florida is reshaping higher education. Other states are watching. By Lucy Marques / Tampa Bay Times
It’s Not ‘Christian Nationalism.’ It’s Conservative Identity Politics. By George Yancey / Christianity Today
The Christian Curriculum Teaching Civil Rights to a New Generation. By Harvest Purdue / Christianity Today
Top Catholic cardinals say U.S. foreign policy raises moral questions. By Michelle Boorstein and Anthony Faiola / Wash Post
We’ve Never Agreed About George Washington and Slavery. By John Garrison Marks / Time
When Free, Light-Skinned, Black Women Were Required to Wear Headgear to Identify Themselves as Non-White. By William Spivey / Level Man
Texas posthumously exonerates Tommy Lee Walker, executed 70 years prior for rape and murder of White woman. By Alexander Koch / Fox News
Mathematician Gladys West, whose models led to the invention of GPS, dies at 95. By Nhari Djan / The Grio
Trump is something worse than a fascist. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
What Trump’s War Against Wokeness Is Really About. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration crackdown. By Faisal Ali / Aljazeera
U.S. Ending Temporary Protected Status For Somalis—Thousands May Have To Leave By March. By Zachary Folk / Forbes
Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Economy Is Devastating Black Women. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Elon Musk Fully Endorses Shocking Call for ‘White Solidarity.’ By Janna Brancolini / Daily Beast
How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best. By Sarah Mervosh / NYT
Civil Rights Rollbacks in the South Signal a Threat to Vulnerable School Children Everywhere. By Ashana Bigard / The Progressive Magazine
Where’s the Outrage? Universities Need to Speak Up. By Brian Rosenberg / The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Morris Brown College President Says He Was Abruptly Dismissed Without Explanation. By Walter Hudson / Eduledger
Trump’s Amoral World Meets Its Match in Pope Leo. By David Gibson / NYT
A Commitment to the Gospel Is A Commitment to Diversity. By Caitlin Edwards / Christianity Today
