National News
Donald Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Innovations. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Trump says diversity initiatives undermine merit. Decades of research show this is flawed. By Paula McDonald / The Conversation
May Day protests against Trump, Musk sweep across US. Christopher Cann and Karissa Waddick / USA Today
Was Jesus Christ A Real Person? Here’s Why Archaeologists And Scientists Believe He Was. By Arianna Winslow / The Travel
The emperor’s gospel: Donald Trump and the power of Christianity. By Michael DeLashmutt / RNS
The Christian Right Is Going Extinct. By David French / NYT
What the Reconstruction Era Can Teach Us About the Politics of Shame. By Brandon Terry / Time
For Those Who Wish to Fight Back but Don’t Know How. By Jonathan Eig / NYT
These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest Trump’s attacks on DEI. By Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian
Two HBCUs Receive Emmy Nominations For Films Depicting Campus Life. By Jeroslyn JoVonn / Black Enterprise
How Does a Stymied Autocrat Deal With Defeat? By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Black Americans have suffered the most during Trump’s first 100 days in office, say critics. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio (Image The Guardian)
Black And Latino Shoppers Continue To Boycott Target — And It Might Be Working. Here’s Why. By Monica Torres / HuffPost
Trump’s War on Higher Education Isn’t Just About Crushing Dissent. By Indigo Olivier / The New Republic
As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers. By Brett Kelman / NPR
The Supreme Court Will Decide If Taxpayers Have To Fund Religious Schools. By Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost
Bishop T.D. Jakes steps down from megachurch Potter’s House. By Julia Gomez and Jonathan Limehouse / USA Today
Today Is Confederate Memorial Day And These States Are Still Proud Losers. By Sharelle Burt / Black Enterprise
5 Race Riots In America That You Were Never Taught In School. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
Trump’s attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK. By Michael Casey / ABC News
Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus.’ By Devlin Barrett / NYT
Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL By Gary Langer / ABC News
However Scared You Are, You Are Not Scared Enough. By S.V. Date / HuffPost
19 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Its D.E.I. Demand in Schools. By Sarah Mervosh / NYT
Trump Rescinds HBCU Support: A Dismantling Of Opportunity For Our Youth. By Keka Araujo / Black Enterprise
Does the Civil Rights Act protect or, as Trump says, promote favoritism? By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
