National
How slavery built Connecticut and still shapes the state more than 250 years later. By Tyler Fedor / CT Insider
Memorial Day started with freed Blacks decorating soldiers’ graves in 1865. By Erick Johnson / The Chicago Crusader
The South: Stuck in the Sunken Place Ever Since the Civil War. By William Spivey / Level
A Black community fled a Virginia island. Reclaiming their history opened old wounds. By Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
Top Civil Rights Activist and Lawyer For MLK Jr., Clarence B. Jones, Dies At 95. By Caroline Wilburn / HuffPost
Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Is Worse Than Stealing. By Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic
Keisha Lance Bottoms wins primary election in path to become Georgia’s first Black woman governor. By Garren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
Trump Just Got The American Bar Association To Kill The Diversity Rule That Built A Generation Of Black Lawyers. By IESHA / Baller Alert
Democracy Is a Racial Entitlement Now. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Trump’s grip is slipping on Latino voters. By Justin Green / MSN
The Dismantling of Black Studies. By Jafari Sinclaire Allen / The Nation
I Found a College Where I Came First. By Skylar Mitchell / NYT
Civil war growing among college Republicans over invites to white nationalists: report. By Tom Boggioni / Raw Story
Trump’s Evangelical Allies Gather in DC for Prayer Marathon, Push to Further Erode Church-State Divide. By Sarah Posner / TPM
Pope Leo launches AI commission. By Mari Eccles / Politico
A house divided and indecent. By Kelly Brown Douglas / Christian Century
Philadelphia will celebrate Ona Judge Day to honor Martha Washington’s enslaved maid who made a daring escape to freedom. By Timothy Welbeck / The Conversation
Here’s What a Complete Return to Jim Crow Could Look Like. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
A Family Secret No More. By Susan Saulny / NYT
Courtney B. Vance on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Unfinished Fight: ‘We Got to Do Our Own Thing.’ By Ny MaGee / Eurweb
Trump’s war against wokeness is not new. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Dems warn a third of Congressional Black Caucus could be wiped out by redistricting wars. By Scott Wong and Melanie Zanona / NBC News
What Dems Must Now Overcome to Win the House. By David Kurtz / TPM
How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.’s Southern Ascendancy in Congress. By Carl Huise / NYT
Black Georgia lawmakers claim ‘voter disenfranchisement’ after Gov. Brian Kemp signs new law making local elections nonpartisans in predominantly Black counties. By Brandon Caldwell / The Grio
Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selection. By Austin Scott / The Conversation
