National News
Biden to pick Capitol Hill favorite to run his budget office. By Laura Barron-Lopez and Caitlin Emma / Politico
Biden nominates top diplomat and academic as American ambassador to South Africa, say sources. By Peter Fabricius / Daily Maverick
Pandemic Prompts More Black Americans to Take Up Urban Gardening to End “Food Apartheid.” By Karen Robinson-Jacobs / Mother Jones
University System of Georgia to keep names on buildings with ties to slavery and white supremacy. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Being American means reckoning with our violent history. By Ken Burns / Wash Post
56 Years Ago, He Shot Malcolm X. Now He Lives Quietly in Brooklyn. By Jonah E. Bromwich, Ashley Southall and Troy Closson / NYT
The GOP Dark Money Group Donors Trust Giving Big to VDARE White Supremacists. By Roger Soliengerger / Daily Beast
What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about it. By Khari Brown and Ronald Brown / The Conversation
Support for Black Lives Matter movement is declining, according to new poll. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
New Revelations Emerge on How Donald Trump Killed 400,000 (or More) Americans. By David Corn / Mother Jones
Aurora To Pay $15 Million To Settle Elijah McClain Lawsuit. By Colleen Slevin / HuffPost
Devonia Inman Sees Conviction Overturned After 23 Years Behind Bars. By Liliana Segura / The Intercept
After Years of Injustice, Black Farmers Had a Shot at Debt Relief. Then Stephen Miller Stepped In. By Tom Philpott / Mother Jones
Sherrilyn Ifill stepping down from NAACP Legal Defense Fund. By Jacob Bogage / Wash Post
Racial Equity in Infrastructure, a U.S. Goal, Is Left to States. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Madeleine Ngo / NYT
NYC Panel Votes To Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue From City Hall. By Karen Matthews / HuffPost
The Storm Over the American Founding: A Review of Woody Holton’s “Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution.” By Eric Herschthal / TNR
Who gets to vote? USA TODAY event looks at history of racism and voting rights. By USA Today
FBI Harassment of Black Families. By Denise Lynn / AAIHS
The Familial Fight Against Racism. By Holly Pinheiro / AAIHS
Two hundred years later, a long-lost document sheds light on the purchase of Liberia. By Ray Cavanaugh / Wash Post
Malcolm X’s legacy continues to haunt America’s criminal justice system. By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
Cherfilus-McCormick apparent winner in Florida Democratic primary for Hastings’ seat. By David Kihara / Politico
A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress, but still no vote. By Juana Summers / NPR
Julius Jones Is Still At Risk Of Execution Despite A Parole Board Twice Suggesting He May Be Innocent. By Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost
Black Farmworkers Say They Lost Jobs to Foreigners Who Were Paid More. By Miriam Jordan / NYT
