National News
Remembering, Rethinking, and Renaming the Watts Rebellion. By M. Keith Claybrook Jr. / AAIHS
The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans. By Andrea Seielstad / The Conversation
Biden nominee would be first Black man to hold top federal prosecutor job in Manhattan. By Reuters / NBC News
Cleveland residents look to take police reform into their own hands. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Tuskegee descendants, hip-hop anthems and hustlers are all being deployed to convince Black people to get vaccinated. By Lonnae O’neal / The Undefeated
Gates Foundation awards $1 million to improve math education for Black students K-12. / The Grio
No Common Ground” Makes the History of Confederate Monuments Clear By Eric Herschthal / The New Republic
The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb. By William J. Broad / NYT
Biden Said He’d Cut Incarceration in Half. So Far, the Federal Prison Population Is Growing. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
Nina Turner defeated by Democratic establishment — her loss is the oligarchy’s gain. By Norman Solomon / Salon
How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
New Black female editors at newspapers shatter journalism’s glass ceiling. By Rodney Brooks / The Undefeated
GOP to Herschel Walker: Consider staying on the bench. By Marianne Levine and Burgess Everett / Politico
Military data reveals dangerous reality for black service members and veterans. By Zachary Cohen / CNN
‘We Wish to Give You a Fresh Start’: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Cancel Millions In School Debt for Nation’s Students. By ABS Contributor / Atlanta Black Star
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/opinion/us-founding-fathers-constitution.html
George Washington Feared for America and Other Truths About the Founders We’ve Frozen in Time. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
American Education Is Founded on White Race Theory. By Anthony Conwright / The New Republic
LBJ’s daughter takes up her father’s cause: voting rights. By Nikole Killion / CBS News
South Carolina must replace a Confederate statue in the U.S. Capitol with this total badass. SemDem for Community Contributors Team / DailyKos
The Revolution That Wasn’t: A Review of “By the Light of Burning Dreams.” By Michael Abramson / The New Republic
7 Key Takeaways From The First Day Of Jan. 6 Commission Testimony. By Sara Boboltz / HuffPost
In the Race Against Nina Turner, GOP Donors Fund Shontel Brown. By Matthew Cunningham-Cook / The Intercept
Why Lorgia García Peña Was Denied Tenure at Harvard. By Graciela Mochkofsky / The New Yorker
Group backed by LeBron James launches a campaign focused on criminal justice reform. By Amanda Jackson / CNN
Lawsuit claims J&J knowingly put Black women at risk of cancer. By Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
