National News
The myths about slavery that still hold America captive. By John Blake / CNN
After California moves to return Bruce’s Beach to Black family, a push to recover other seized land. By Alicia Victoria Lozano and Lindsey Davis / NBC News
Monument to Native Californians to replace Junipero Serra. By Ed Fletcher / NPR
Journalists bungled coverage of the Attica uprising. 50 years later, the consequences remain. By Erik Wemple / Wash Post
Equity Report | Our America. ABC News
Wisconsin Republicans Enforce Cursive but Not Race. By Henry Redman / The Progressive
Racial disparity gap closing over COVID vaccines. By Christal Hayes, Ryan W. Miller and Grace Hauck / USA Today
Montana Tribe Finalizes Historic $1.9 Billion Settlement. By Mark Armao / Mother Jones
Obama says presidential center will invest in community, empower youth. By Oren Oppenheim / ABC News
Ibram X. Kendi, Artist Jordan Casteel, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Among 2021 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners. By Maiysha Kai / The Root
Black women will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for the first time. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
How civil rights activist Howard Fuller became a devout champion of school choice. By Jon Hale / The Conversation
When Black History Is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead? By Jill Lepore / The New Yorker
R. Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sexual Abuse Trial. By Alanna Vagianos and Taryn Finley / HuffPost
The World Lost a Great Philosopher This Week. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
When a White-majority neighborhood wants to divorce its Black city. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
Asian American lawmakers urge DOJ to give updates about hate crimes law. By Cynthia Silva / NBC News
Pennsylvania school district reverses ban on books by authors of color after students fought back. By Mirna Alsharif and Liam Reilly / CNN
UN Durban meeting on race skipped by US, UK and others. By Caitlin Hu / CNN
Rep. Karen Bass plans to announce run for mayor of Los Angeles. By Sean Sullivan and Tyler Pager / Wash Post
These families of missing Black people are frustrated with the lack of response to their cases. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
Blackness and Latinidad are not mutually exclusive. Here’s what it means to be Afro-Latino in America. By Amir Vera and Alexander Pineda / CNN
What slavery reparations from the federal government could look like. By P. R. Lockhart / NBC News
Louisiana state trooper charged in pummeling of Black man. By Jake Bleiberg and Jim Mustian / AP and Wash Post
In 1865, thousands of Black South Carolinians signed a 54-foot-long freedom petition. By Michael E. Ruane / Wash Post
Civil rights lessons from 1961 influence 2021. The fight is not over. By Nicole Carroll / USA Today
