National News
Plantations could be used to teach about US slavery if stories are told truthfully. By Amy Potter and Derek H. Alderman / The Conversation
Black man’s death in Indiana ruled a lynching nearly 100 years later. By David K. Li. / NBC News
Polo Ralph Lauren Unveils HBCU Capsule Collection for Morehouse and Spelman Colleges. By Dan Heching / People
Florida lawmakers limit how race can be taught in classrooms and companies. By Andrew Atterbury / Politico
When a School Desegregates, Who Gets Left Behind? By Jay Caspian King / NYT
Texas Republicans’ Voting Law Disenfranchised Thousands Of Voters. By Matt Shuham and Kate Riga / TPM
New revelations about Herschel Walker show how Democrats could hold the Senate. By Paul Wadman / Wash Post
Civil Rights Leaders Decry Census Undercount Of Black, Latinx, Native Americans. By Mike Schneider / HuffPost
Stopping Asian American hate: AAPI teachers fight racism with history. By Alia Wong / USA Today
Emmett Till relatives seek renewed probe of ’55 lynching. By Emily Wagster Pettus and Jay Reeves / ABC News
Black women have driven Black-owned businesses to above pre-pandemic levels. By Jasmine Garsd / NPR
Walking With a Modern-Day Moses. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Cornel West Sees a Spiritual Decay in the Culture. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
The painful, cutting and brilliant letters Black people wrote to their former enslavers. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Polo Ralph Lauren Unveils HBCU Capsule Collection for Morehouse and Spelman Colleges. By Dan Heching / People
Supreme Court Rejects Legal Theory That Would Eviscerate Voting Rights – For Now. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Emmett Till Antilynching Act heads to Biden’s desk. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Demanding That Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Show Her Papers.’ By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision Freeing Bill Cosby From Prison. By Maryclaire Dale / HuffPost
Is Texas Sending Melissa Lucio to Die for a Crime That Never Happened? By Liliana Segur and Jordan Smith / The Intercept
Home prices could soar another 20% this year, but Black families are struggling to benefit. By Nicole Bachaud / CNN
Can the Christian right quit Putin? By Molly Olmstead / Slate
New Netflix docuseries ‘jeen-yuhs’ chronicles Kanye West’s belief in God and himself. By Emily McFarlan Mille / NCR
The African American Origins of Modern Asylum. By Sean Gallagher / AAIHS
He Joined the Attica Prison Uprising. He Hopes a New Documentary Can Set the Record Straight. By Eamon Whalen / Mother Jones
Panicked White People Tried To Ban Books In The ’80s, Too — With Jerry Falwell Leading The Way. By Fred L. Pincus / TPM
