National
The America That’s Still Possible. By Ezra Klein / NYT
Why The Birthright Citizenship Ruling Still Impacts Black Americans. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral.’ By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Four Black women. Nine degrees. Not one steady paycheck. By Robert Samuels and Lydia Sidhom / Wash Post
GOP Beware: The Rise of the Political ‘Black BackLash.’ By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
DEI Isn’t Dead: New Research Finds Most Companies Still Back Workplace Inclusion. By Selena Hill / Black Enterprise
Black Farmers Win Court Case That Restores $127 Million in Federal Grants. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
HBCUs’ Biggest Challenge in 2026? Having Too Many Students! By Asheea Smith / The Root
This Is How Colleges Have Responded to the End of Race-Conscious Admissions. By Jacquelyn Elias / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
“Intellectual diversity” is Code for a “Conservative Quota.” By Nolan Cabrera / EduLedger
What to the Christian Is the Fourth of July? By Myles Werntz / Christianity Today
Historic Black Churches Join In—and Opt Out of—America 250. By Randi Richardson / Christianity Today
Southern Baptists’ resolutions reflect support of Christian nationalism, scholar says. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
What if mercy matters more than empathy? By Melissa Florer-Bixler / The Christian Century
‘I wish he had done more to free enslaved people’: Thomas Jefferson’s descendant on his family’s complex legacy. By David Smith / The Guardian
The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup. By Lauren Collins / The New Yorker
President Narcissus and the Fetid Reflecting Pool. By Michelle Cottle / NYT
Every Supreme Court Ruling That Impacted Black Americans This Week. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
Supreme court lets Trump turn back asylum seekers at US-Mexico border. By Maanvi Singh / The Guardian
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity. By Greg Jaffe and Kate Kelly / NYT
The Rising Movement to Overturn Karmelo Anthony’s Extreme 35-Year Sentence. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
How Dr. Rosa Clemente’s online seminar confronts anti-Blackness in Puerto Rican and Latino communities. By Jahaura Michelle / The Grio
The white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to them. By Saida Grundy / The Guardian
Defying Political Headwinds, George Mason Rewards President Gregory Washington with 4-Year Extension. By Jatika Hudson / Eduledger
Professors Can Teach About Race in Kansas — If They Follow These Rules. By Amann Mahajan / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Who belongs in America? Five faith leaders on immigration, identity and America’s 250th. By Pam Kruger / RNS
