National News
The Black Hero Behind One of the Greatest Supreme Court Justices. By Peter S. Canellos / Politico
A Florida school board is renaming middle and high schools honoring Confederate leaders. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
100 Experts Express ‘Growing Alarm’ That Republicans Are Endangering Democracy. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Biden in Tulsa: “This Was Not a Riot. This Was a Massacre.” By Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones
The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats. By Bill Barrow / AP and ABC News
The Promise and Pressures of Deb Haaland, the First Native American Cabinet Secretary. By Elizabeth Williamson / NYT
Donna Brazile, one of Fox News’ last remaining liberals, quietly leaves network. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
As graduates cheered, an HBCU president announced that their debt to the university was wiped away. By Jaclyn Peiser / Wash Post
Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all Black residents. By Ryann Young / CNN
The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street. By Alexander E. Stern / AAIHS
Shot 55 years ago while marching against racism, James Meredith reminds us that powerful movements can include those with very different ideas. By Aram Goudsouzian / The Conversation
Service, patriotism and the promise of Black liberation. By E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Biden Calls Texas Voting Restrictions Bill ‘Un-American.’ By Chas Danner / New York Magazine
Kamala Harris Talks Being The First With History-Making Naval Academy Graduate. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Long, Lonely Fight to Gain DC Voting Rights. By Matt Cohen / Mother Jones
McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Karine Jean-Pierre makes history in White House briefing room. By Lauren Egan / NBC News
Fox News drama: Juan Williams reportedly forced out at “The Five” by co-host Greg Gutfeld. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
George Floyd’s death one year later: here’s where police reform stands in Minneapolis and other cities. By Sean Collins / Vox
U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence. By Ruth Graham and Liam Stack / NYT
Younger Latinos confront immigrant parents on race, Black history. By Carmen Sesin and Cora Cervantes / NBC News
Poor medical care and distrust fuels black patients’ desire for black physicians. By Veronica Zaragovia / NPR
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US. By Denise A. Herd / The Conversation
Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects. By Angus Chen / NPR
