National News
11 Mayors From Los Angeles To Asheville Vow To Create Reparations Pilot Programs. By AP and NPR
Segregated hospitals are killing Black people. Data from the pandemic proves it. By David A. Asch and Rachel M. Werner / Wash Post
Former George Washington U. provost to become Georgia State University president. By Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
Google announces $50 million in grants for HBCUs. By Crist / CNET
Confederate General’s Remains Are Being Moved Out Of Memphis. By AP and NPR
Justice Deferred: The Supreme Court’s History of Enforcing Racism. By Frye Gaillard / The Progressive
Postal Work and the Struggle for Black Freedom. By Rebecca Brenner Graham / AAIHS
Racism kept a Black WWII vet from a Purple Heart, he says. At 99, he got the award. By Timothy Bella / Wash Post
A family celebrates Juneteenth in Mexico — where their Black ancestors first found freedom. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Bulldozed and bisected: Highway construction built a legacy of inequality. By Suzanne Gamboa, Phil McCausland, Josh Lederman and Ben Popken / NBC News
Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth, day commemorating the end of slavery, a federal holiday. By Mike DeBonis and Felicia Sonmez / Wash Post
White House Unveils Strategy to Combat Domestic Extremism. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
Biden nominated as many minority women to be judges in four months as Trump had confirmed in four years. By Adrian Blanco / Wash Post
Biden pressed to go ‘big and bold’ in rooting out housing discrimination. By Katy O’Donnell / Politico
SCOTUS Justices Consider Harvard Affirmative Action Case. By Mark Sherman / HuffPost
Southern Baptist Convention’s focus on mission recalls history of promoting white dominance. By Janet Kragt Bakker / The Conversation
Wrongly denied funding, Black colleges are fighting back. By Kristopher J. Brooks / CBS News
Dr. Dre helping bring new school to Southern California. CBS News
The last known slave ship and the community founded by its survivors. By Anderson Cooper / CBS News
Attorney general announces actions to protect voting rights. By Clare Hymes and Grace Segers / CBS News
Family of Alton Sterling reaches $4.5 million settlement with Baton Rouge, years after police shooting. By Derek Hawkins / Wash Post
Pulitzer Board Recognizes Darnella Frazier For Recording George Floyd’s Murder. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
The USDA has discriminated against Black farmers for years. Can this legislation bring about change? By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
Morgan Freeman, professor donate $1 million to police reform center. By AP and USA Today
Meet the astronauts of color before NASA’s Artemis team. By Kristen Rogers / CNN
My grandparents were stolen from their families as children. We must learn about this history. By Deb Haaland / Wash Post
