National News
‘Growing awareness’: Schools focus new policies on equity with students back in school. By Safia Samee Ali / NBC News
A university town explores reparations for a Black community uprooted by urban renewal. By Diane Bernard / Wash Post
The Life of H. Rap Brown aka Jamil Al-Amin. By Rembert Browne / Time
Sian Proctor, the first African American woman to pilot a spacecraft: ‘The reality is that solving for space solves for Earth.’ By KK Ottesen / Wash Post
American Psychological Association apologizes for contributing to systemic racism. By Nicole Chavez / CNN
Black Caucus emerges as winner in spending package. By Marty Johnson / The Hill
In a setback for Black Lives Matter, mayoral campaigns shift to ‘law and order.’ By Tim Craig / Wash Post
NY Attorney General Letitia James announces run for governor. By Aaron Katersky / ABC News
Families Of Charleston Shooting Victims Reach $88 Million Settlement With Justice Dept. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman and Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost
For Black and Latino gun owners, being armed “evens the playing field.” By Grace Baek / CBS News
How Big Tobacco made menthol racial. By Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon
Atlanta, long known as the seat of Black economic and political power, votes on its future in mayoral election. By Tim Craig and Vanessa Williams / Wash Post
Derek Chauvin jurors speak out for first time about George Floyd’s murder. By Ray Sanchez / CNN
Kids were fighting in school. Dads began patrolling campus, and the violence stopped. By Sydney Page / Wash Post
Facing Up to the Racist Legacy of America’s Immigration Laws. By Reece Jones / NYT
How the Attica prison uprising started — and why it still resonates today. By Dave Davies / NPR
Torpedoing Black Radicalism: The Case of Hugh Mulzac. By Tony Pecinovsky / AAIHS
“If Black Women Were Free”: An Oral History of the Combahee River Collective. By Marian Jones / The Nation
Debate over teaching books by Black authors has roots in violent 1974 clash in West Virginia. By Sarah Posner / Wash Post
Yes, anti-lynching laws are mostly symbolic. That’s what makes them important. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
Glenn Youngkin Reaches for the Dogwhistle in the Election’s Final Week. By Timothy Noah / TNR
1 in 4 Jews in the U.S. experienced antisemitism in the last year, report says. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
Judicial inquiry begins looking into Eric Garner’s death at hands of NYPD. ByKiara Alfonseca andAaron Katersky /ABC News
White House builds bridges with one of Black community’s most powerful groups. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
Latina economic expert, in new Treasury role, foster racial equity. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Economic toll of COVID pandemic hits Black and Latino households hard. By Laurel Wamsley / NPR
