National News
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
Home schooling exploded among Black, Asian and Latino students. But it wasn’t just the pandemic. By Moriah Balingit and Kate Rabinowitz / Wash Post
A Black uprising is shaking Cuba’s Communist regime. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
Protest, Property, and the Black Press. By E. James West / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s 80th birthday is a chance to reflect on his legacy. By Lee O. Sanderlin / Clarion Ledger
Washington has a big chance to correct a shameful state of affairs for Native Americans. By Bidtah Becker and Anne Castle / Wash Post
Civil Rights Groups to Biden: Abolish Filibuster to Protect Voting Rights. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Will Troubled Past Keep Walker Out of Georgia Senate Race? By Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine
What We Still Don’t Know About Emmett Till’s Murder. By Wright Thompson / The Atlantic
America’s Imperfect Founding. By George Thomas / the Bulwark
George Floyd statue in Brooklyn to move to Manhattan after refurbishment. By Lila Watts and Laura Ly / CNN
Bust of Confederate general moved from Tennessee Capitol. By ABC News
We Owe Haiti a Debt We Can’t Repay. By Annette Gordon-Reed / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Bob Moses and the Fighting Spirit of Black Intellectual History. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS