National News
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
Dr. William F. Tate IV is the First African American to lead LSU. By Jamal Watson / Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Grand Rapids pastors mobilize in wake of fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya. By Kathryn Post / RNS
Imagine a Bible With No Moses, No Story of the Exodus. By Sharon Brown / NYT
Florida Legislature Rolls Over As DeSantis Pushes To Eliminate A Black Congressional District. By Matt Shuham / TPM
N.Y. lieutenant governor resigns after being charged with corruption. By Matt Zapotosky / Wash Post
House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge. By Annie Karni / NYT
The Student Debt Crisis? It’s Infinitely Worse for Black Women. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Black Mothers Are Dying. The Least We Can Do Is Listen to Their Stories. By Latona Giwa / The Nation
Census Bureau must engage more with undercounted groups, director says. By Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
Anti-racism: Diverse schools train white parents amid race debates. By Gail Cornwell / USA Today
Jim Limber and the myth of the Confederate president’s adopted Black son. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Ida B. Wells pushed 7 presidents to pass anti-lynching legislation. Now it’s finally law. By Julianne McShane / NBC News
