National News
Black representation on Fortune 500 boards spiked in 2020. By Aman Kidwal / Fortune
The National Park Service could soon have its first Native American director. By Nell Clark / NPR
University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules. By Stephanie Saul / NYT
The New Black Internationalism. By Adom Getachew / Dissent
Poetry is experiencing a new golden age, with young writers of color taking the lead. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Biden delivers sweeping remarks about human rights: ‘To deal with the past you must face the truth’ By Maegan Vazquez / CNN
‘This is the future’: Black Senate candidates crush fundraising expectations. By Maya King / Politico
Report Highlights ‘Staggering’ Racial Disparities in U.S. Incarceration Rates. By Adruana Rezal / US News
Georgia murder trial in killing of Ahmaud Arbery seen as test case for racial justice. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Breonna Taylor’s death sparked remarkable changes to no-knock raids across America. By Radley Balko / Wash Post
Critical race theory is a potent issue in the Virginia governor’s race. By James Hohmann / Wash Post
Why Many Black Americans Changed Their Minds About Covid Shots. By Audra D. S. Burch and Amy Schoenfeld Walker / NYT
Missouri city honors Black doctor whose land was taken decades ago through eminent domain. By Gabrielle Hays, Talesha Reynolds, and Ryan Connelly Holmes / PBS
History is made as reparations start to flow in Evanston, Illinois. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Black History in Atlanta: Collier Heights neighborhood.By Jasmina Alston / CBS News
Schiff’s book reveals how Republican loyalty to Trump threatened democracy. By Stephanie Kotuby and Geoffrey Lou Guray / PBS
Herschel Walker fumbles, cancels fundraiser after pressure over host’s swastika profile pic. By Rebekah Sager / Daily Kos
Tim Scott rakes in $8.3M for reelection, possible 2024 bid. By Alex Isenstadt / Politico
Black Americans are incarcerated at nearly five times the rate of Whites, new report on state prisons finds. By Christina Carrega / CNN
WHO honors Henrietta Lacks, woman whose cells served science. By Jamey Keaten / AP and ABC News
They Gave Black Mothers in Mississippi $1,000 a Month. It Changed Their Lives. By Bryce Covert / The New Republic
Bryan Stevenson, Legacy Museum founder, on American enslavement and modern-day incarceration. By Jamil Smith / Vox
Monument honoring indigenous women to replace Columbus statue in Mexico City. By AP and NPR
Mary McLeod Bethune statue to replace Confederate general in Capitol. By Eileen Zaffiro-Kean / USA Today
Black Women, Self-Making, and Liberty. By Ashley Everson / AAIHS
Timuel Black Jr., historian and civil rights activist, dies at 102. By Grace Hauck and Javonte Anderson / USA Today
