National News
In rural Alabama, raw sewage spurs investigation into racial inequality.
Rev. Al Sharpton delivers eulogy after police killing of Patrick Lyoya. By Kathryn Post / Religion News
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow on reclaiming faith from those using it as ‘a weapon to hate people.’ By Jack Jenkins / Religion News
While Al Green was looking to get to God, he became a star. By Ray Levy Uyeda / NCR
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Aesthetics of Emancipation. By Clay Martin / AAIHS
Grant helps spread forgotten history of racial violence against Mexican Americans. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
‘Democracy will wither’: Barack Obama outlines perils of unregulated big tech in sweeping speech. By Kari Paul / The Guardian
Another Trump hate rally: The threats get worse, and polite America turns away. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
‘A racist move’: Florida’s DeSantis threatens Black voter power with electoral maps. By Andrew Witherspoon and Sam Levine / The Guardian
Black Death Row Inmate Loses Supreme Court Appeal That Cited Racist Juror. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
3 Black churches rebuilding in Louisiana after 2019 arson. By AP and ABC News.
Founding President of Clark Atlanta University, Dr. Thomas Cole, dies at age 81. By Alumni Spotlight / Wiley College
Hampton University Names Alumnus and Retired General as Next President. By Walter Hudson / Diverse Issues in Highe Education
Ilhan Omar is right about the Christian singing on a plane video. By Noah Berlatsky / NBC News
Sadness and Loss Are Everywhere. Books Can Help. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
Legacy of Jim Crow still affects funding for public schools. By Derek W. Black and Axton Crolley / The Conversation
The Black “New South” in Intellectual History. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy. By Matt Stevens / NYT
‘Buried’ Latino history: Colorado sculpture honors family’s fight for school equity. By Raul A. Reyes / NBC News
MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance Joins Fight Against Russia In Ukraine: ‘I’m Done Talking.’ By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Republicans Look To Cut Off Legal Paths To Challenge Partisan And Racial Gerrymandering. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Patrick Lyoya’s Family Demands Answers After Fatal Police Shooting. By Phillip Jackson / HuffPost
Karen Bass Is Clashing With Allies on the Left Over Policing. By Jack Ross / The New Republic
Harris pushes to make Black maternal health a national priority. By Donna M. Owens / NBC News
How Gentrification in Washington Changed Local Black Political Power. By Steven Overly, Delece Smith-Barrow, Katy O’Donnell and Ming Li / Politico
Pew poll: Being Black is central to sense of identity for most Black Americans. By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN
