National News
Counties with more slaves in 1860 have higher gun ownership rates today, study finds. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
Race, Welfare Reform, and the Push for Family Values. By Trumaine Mitchell / AAIHS
A Tiny House in Manhattan Has a Link to the Underground Railroad. By Juhn Freeman Gill / NYT
Fear of Fascism. By Tom Nichols / The Atlantic
In fiery midterm speech, Biden says GOP’s turned toward ‘semi-fascism.’ By Matt Viser / Wash Post
Biden’s loan forgiveness plan to heavily impact Black borrowers. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Black Americans feel disproportionate pain from high interest rates. By Cheyanne M. Daniels and Sylvan Lane / The Hill
School segregation affects more than a third of U.S. students. Here’s why. Marc Ramirez / USA Today
The Culture War Is Chasing Teachers Away, Leaving Kids Shortchanged. By Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost
Affirmative Action Was Banned at Two Top Universities. They Say They Need It. By Steohanie Saul / NYT
Who is Maxwell Frost, the Gen Z Democratic nominee in Florida? By David Weigel and Lon Rozsa / Wash Post
Black voter turnout has declined in Wisconsin. Democrats see reversing that trend as key to Senate victory.
Walmart must pay Black man $4.4 million in racial profiling case. By Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
White Christian Nationalism, Out in the Open. By Annika Brockschmidt and Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark
White evangelicals buried by conservative for abandoning ‘human decency’ to support Trump. By Tom Boggioni / AlterNet
The Rising Influence of the New Apostolic Reformation. By Elle Hardy / TNR
The Supreme Court and Racial Inequality. By Alani Golanski / AAIHS
The Unsung Heroes of the Underground Railroad. By Trisha Posey / Christianity Today
Appeals court upholds Mississippi Jim Crow-era voting restriction law. By Virginia Langmaid / CNN
Representative Val Demings Wins Democratic Primary to Run for U.S. Senate in Florida. By Reuters
Herschel Walker: ‘Don’t We Have Enough Trees Around Here?’ By Liz Skalka / HuffPost
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/20/1117689118/poll-69-of-native-americans-say-inflation-is-severely-affecting-their-lives
Many Native Americans say inflation is severely affecting their lives. By Katia Riddle / NPR
Emmett Till alert system aims to bring awareness to hate crimes in Maryland. By Jonathan Franklin / NPR
After Asian hate during COVID, Asian Americans call out racism at work. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today
LGBTQ advocates say the government is missing communities of color in its monkeypox response. By Megan Messerly and Krista Mahr / Politico
