National News
Churches played an active role in slavery and segregation. Some want to make amends. By Michela Moscufo / NBC News
A slaveholding president’s estate faces a modern racial controversy. By The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Ancestral Land In Virginia Returned To Rappahannock Tribe. By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
A historic all-Black town wants reparations to rebuild as a ‘safe haven.’ By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Racism as Theory: A Historiography of White Supremacy Ideology. By Bala James Baptiste / AAIHS
The “Radical” King and a Usable Past. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots. By Emily Wagster Pettus / ABC News
First Black Woman Pilot Bessie Coleman to be Honored on US Quarter in 2023. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Two-thirds of Americans back Judge Jackson for Supreme Court. By John Fritze / USA Today
In ‘social-emotional learning,’ right sees more critical race theory. By Laura Meckler / Wash Post
Biden signs legislation named for Emmett Till making lynching a federal hate crime. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Infant mortality and Black women’s health get attention at conference. By Cristela Gierra / NPR
What the Ginni Thomas text furor warns about an outsize role of faith in politics. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Malcolm X’s Gospel. By Ellen McLarney / AAIHS
Nonviolence explained: A civil rights veteran preaches a ‘quiet no.’ By Dwight A. Weingarten / CS Monitor
Died: Gospel Singer LaShun Pace, Who Praised God from 1970s Revivals to 2020s TikTok. By Rick Szcues / Christianity Today
As Lincoln Memorial turns 100, group hopes to right a century-old wrong. By John Kelly / Wash Post
California group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants. By AP and NPR
Critics Clamor For Clarence Thomas To Quit, Be Impeached Or Recuse Himself From Cases. By Mary Papenfuss / Huff Post
More Black women run for Congress, statehouse seats inspired by Harris. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
Homeschooling Has Become More Popular Among Black Families. By Katie Reilly / Time
How Are We Still Debating Interracial Marriage in 2022? By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The Eviction Moratorium Is Over. Black Renters Are Suffering the Most—Again. By Lori Teresa Yearwood / New Republic
New York Asian hate crime spike puts pressure on new mayor. Erin Durkin / Politico
Jury awards $14 million to George Floyd protesters injured by cops in Denver. By Daniel Politi / Slate
Black News Channel shuts down after backer declines to fund it further. By Jessica Glenza / The Guardian
