National News
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
Asian youth facing racism in Mississippi Delta say it’s time to speak out. By Maxine Hughes / CBS News
“Band-Aid on a Bullet Wound:” Flint Locals Seethe Over $626 Million Water Settlement. By Gloria Oladipo / Mother Jones
Inequalities on the Digital Campus. By Alice Quach and Victor Tan Chen / Dissent
Mapping Black Antiquity. By Sarah Derbew / AAIHS
How an all-Black, female battalion helped boost the morale of troops in Europe in WWII. By Eleanor Watson / CBS News
Police use similar tactics from 1960s protests in 2020 demonstrations. By N’dea Yancey-Bragg / USA Today
Plessy, ‘separate but equal’ case namesake, recommended for pardon. By AP and NPR
Hip-hop’s love-hate relationship with education. By Nolan Jones / The Conversation
Ted Cruz Talks About Joe Rogan Being ‘President’ Of Texas If State Secedes From U.S. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Conservative school board wins may deliver chilling effect on racial equity efforts. By Laura Meckler and Timothy Bella / Wash Post
Kamala Harris’s approval rating falls to 28%, a historic low for any modern vice president. By Jake Lahut / Yahoo News
‘It’s a disgrace’: Progressives take aim at Buffalo mayor’s DNC post. By David Siders and Holly Otterbein / Politico
