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Black Folks Built Wealthy Neighborhoods Across America—Where Are They Now? By Asheea Smith / The Root
W.E.B. Du Bois Doc ‘Rebel With a Cause’ Isn’t History — It’s a Survival Guide for This Moment. By Nii-Quartelai Quartey / The Root
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche: The Story Of The Only Black Passenger Aboard The Titanic. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous. By Tom Nichols / The Atlantic
100 days until midterms and Democrats are winning because they actually have a message. By Lee Hartley Carter / Fox News
Trump administration declares war on a ghost. By Evelyn Heckstein / The Conversation
Trump’s pick for CDC director is confirmed. By Erum Salam / MS NOW
What El-Sayed’s Michigan Win Reveals About Black Voters and Democrats. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler. By Liliana Segura / The Intercept
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No. By Richard A. Webster / Propublica
Analysis says Supreme Court’s ‘colorblind’ approach has weakened Voting Rights Act. By Odafe Oghen / The Grio
‘What Are We Even Doing Here?’: New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&M. By Megan Zahneis / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Douglasville teen balances football and books to score a perfect 1600 on the SAT. By Bolarinwa Oladej / The Grio
How a Black Catholic church celebrates New Orleans, even in face of parish closures. By Jason Berry / NCR
Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse. By Ezra Klein / NYT
It Wasn’t a Civil War. It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. By Anthony Conwright / NYT
How an 1876 massacre of Black men in South Carolina turned racial terror into political power. By Jacob Ware / The Conversation
As Trump’s approval rating reaches embarrassing depths, the GOP faces a difficult choice. By Steve Benen / MS Now
Urban League report says Trump administration is harming Black Americans’ chances at American Dream. By Matt Brown / AP
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Doubles Down on Reparations Promise as He Reveals Next Steps for Black Residents. Byh Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds. By Adria R. Walker / The Guardian
Donalds cruising to GOP gubernatorial nomination should worry Florida Republicans. By Mary Anna Mancuso / Miami Herald
Imprisoned writer Mumia Abu-Jamal seeks UN intervention after 44 years behind bars. By Ed Pilkington / The Guardian
The Rapid Rise of Right-Wing Militias. By Reveal / Mother Jones
Ivy League schools received 178 times more foundation funding than HBCUs, report finds. By Odafe Oghen / The Grio
Florida’s Great Conservative Crack-Up. By Garrett Shanley / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
