National News
Report: Black people are still killed by police at a higher rate than other groups. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Members of Congress highlight missing minority women, girls. By Susan Montoya Bryan / AP and ABC News
Eric DeValkenaere: Former Kansas City police officer sentenced to 6 years for killing a Black man during a 2019 traffic incident. By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi / CNN
How the Catholic Church can better serve the Black community this Lent. By Tevin Williams / NCR
Andrew Young, at 90, views his civic, political roles ‘as a pastorate.’ By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
First Black Univ. of Alabama student dies days after building named for her. By AP and NPR
Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights pioneer, advised presidents on ‘the problems of my people.’ By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
How the Mainstream Movement Against Gender-Based Violence Fails Black Workers and Survivors. By Madison Pauly / Mother Jones
‘So Much Hatred’: Jury Foreman Shaken by Evidence in Arbery Trial. By Richard Fausset and Tariro Mzezewa / NYT
For Black Americans, living longer impacts health and wealth. By Kristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
House passes bill making lynching a federal hate crime. By Cristina Marcos / The Hill
Meet entrepreneurs of color building Tulsa’s former Black Wall Street into hot, new tech hub. By Catherine Thorbecke and Samara Lynn / ABC News
How to be an Ignatian anti-racist this Lent. By Matt Kappadakunnel / NCR
King Center class on how MLK’s nonviolence philosophy remains viable today. By Elliott C MClaughlin / CNN
My Family Lost Our Farm During Japanese Incarceration. I Went Searching for What Remains. By Ruth Chizuko Murai / Mother Jones
Civil rights leaders of 1961 about resisting injustice today. By Mike Thompson / USA Today
Let’s Talk About the Taking of Black Land. By Eli Mystal / The Nation
14 Travel Destinations Where You Can Learn More About Black History. By Caroline Bologna / HuffPost
How a National Movement Toppled Hundreds of Confederate Symbols. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
Biden Has Chosen Ketanji Brown Jackson for a Reason. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
The Supreme Court takes on another Voting Rights Act case . By Carrie Jackson / NPR
Republicans pick Putin over democracy — and Rick Scott’s creepy blueprint for America shows why. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
3 Former Officers Are Convicted of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights. By Tim Arango, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jay Senter / NYT
After decades of lobbying, supporters say they have the votes in the House to pass a reparations bill. By Emanuel Felton / Wash Post
Bomb Threats Are Roiling Historically Black Colleges and Universities. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
When A Prison Sentence Of 10 Years And 6 Months Turns Into Forever. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
