National News
Black lawmakers ‘outraged’ over Va. health commissioner demand action. By Jenna Portnoy and Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
What happened when a Black Tennessee town faced a state takeover. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Why Juneteenth Should Matter to the Church. By Ed Gilbrith / Christian Science Webinar
How evangelical Christians are sizing up the 2024 GOP race for president. By Natalie Allison and Meridith McGraw / Politico
‘You wear out’: How chronic illness grounds and inspires William Barber’s activism. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
Boston Apologizes For Slavery In City’s Past. By Ben Bianchet / HuffPost
Black Genealogy After Alex Haley’s Roots. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Freedom riders’ 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina. By Tom Foreman Jr / ABC News
Meet Opal Lee, the ‘grandmother of the movement’ to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. By Katie Kindelan /GMA
How Vincent Chin is being remembered, 40 years after his death. By Tat Bellamy-Walker / NBC News
Smithsonian unveils first Latino history exhibit, new gallery. By Patricia Guadalupe / NBC News
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House as top aide. By Mike Memoli and Zoë Richards / NBC News
In South Carolina, race and gender animate Democratic gubernatorial primary. By Stratton Lawrence / Wash Post
Study: Black elders die from air pollution three times more than whites. By Nada Hassanein / USA Today
A Black Army vet spent 16 months in solitary. Then a jury heard the evidence against him. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
The Evolution of Union-Busting. By Lee Fang / The Intercept
How San Francisco’s D.A. recall election shows a rift in the Asian American community. By Claire Wang / NBC News
Raphael Warnock: I Can Still Hear My Father’s Voice. By Raphael Warnock / NYT
“Jesus, guns, babies”: Religious violence is now at the core of the Republican Party. By Thomas Lecaque / Salon
Southern Baptist battle goes full MAGA: Far right seeks to purge CRT and “Race Marxism.” By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
How the Christian Home-Schooling Lobby Feeds on Fear Of Public Schools. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
Alabama slave ship, Clotilda, receives renewed importance during Juneteenth. By Debbie Elliott and Marisa Penaloza / NPR
City honors man who fought to integrate U of Fla. law school, then gave up his fight so Black people could earn master’s degrees. By The Grio Staff
The Road to Turning 500 Acres Into a Black City. By Jewel Wicker / Capital B
Donald Trump, American Monster. By Maureen Dowd / NYT
Why a Dem dream candidate can’t touch Rubio in Florida. By Gary Fineout / Politico
