National News
The Trump-Musk power grab has happened before — in Hungary. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white. By Deborah W. Parker / The Conversation
What the Black Church Can Teach the Rest of American Christianity. The Russell Moore Show / Christianity Today Podcast
Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? By Jeet Heer / The Nation
Trump 2.0: The most damaging two weeks in history. By Ruth Marcus / Wash Post
“Americans were sleep-marched into fascism”: Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can’t miss again. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
“Bully and intimidate”: Trump’s opening assault on diversity is from the Project 2025 playbook. By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
The University of California Increased Diversity. Now It’s Being Sued. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
What happens after you ask Trump to ‘have mercy’? Threats, praise and hope. By Olivia George / Wash Post
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized. By Alan Feur / NYT
A church ousts progressive pastor who emphasized racial justice. By Frank Langfitt / NPR
Pete Hegseth’s belief in Christian dominion should deeply trouble American Jews. By Diane Winston / Forward
Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow? By Clare Carbould / The Conversation
Attacking the Dream: 7 major race massacres in US history. By Michael Gryboski / Christian Post
“Great Migrations: A People on the Move” shows the leaps of faith that made modern America. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Trump’s urgent push to rewrite American history. By Naftali Bendavid / Wash Post
Trump vows to save white South Africans while Musk calls for welcoming them as refugees. By Nicholas Liu / Salon
Trump is reversing the Justice Department’s civil rights policies. By Chloe Atkins and Daniel Barnes / NBC News
Major players in the anti-DEI movement: Here’s who’s attacking Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, IBM, and other Fortune 500 companies. By Lila MaClellan / Forbes
The Conservative Threat to Race-Based Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions. By Katherine Mangan and J. Brian Charles / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
RFK Jr.’s Stunning Claim About Black People And Vaccines Sparks Concern From Medical Experts. By Jillian Wilson / HuffPost
Rep. Thompson led the Jan. 6 committee. Now he fears more violence. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
Black Voters Helped Elect Eric Adams Mayor. Now They May Back Cuomo. By Maya King / NYT
A Troubling Spike in Sleep-Related Infant Deaths. By Catherine Pearson / NYT
A new Supreme Court case seeks to end separation of church and state in public schools. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
Federal agencies bar Black History Month and other ‘special observances.’ By Ken Dilanian et al. / NBC News
