National News
The State Department has a systemic diversity problem. By Ryan Heath / Politico
Deb Haaland confirmed, becomes first Native American in cabinet. By Ledyard King / USA Today
A golden ticket: Efforts to diversify Boston’s elite high schools spur hope and outrage. By Melissa Bailey / NBC News
Is Columbia University Hosting Graduation Events Based on Race, Identity? By Evan Palmer / Newsweek
Black law students are thriving at places like Georgetown, but there still aren’t enough of them. By Tahir Duckett / Wash Post
What Alexander Hamilton’s deep connections to slavery reveal about the need for reparations today. By Nicole S. Maskell / The Conversation
On the Mythologizing of United States History. By Matthew Teutsch / AAIHS
Catholic Order Pledges $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor and Sales. By Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
Inside the Biden Administration’s Battle Against Extremism. By Vera Bergengruen and W.J. Hennigan / Time
Poll: Approval of Biden’s handling of coronavirus ticks up to 65 percent. By Gabriela Schulte / The Hill
Minneapolis will pay record $27 million settlement to George Floyd’s family. By Daniel Politi / Slate
Breonna Taylor Was Slain One Year Ago Today. The Tragic Police Raids Continue. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
Biden condemns ‘vicious’ hate crimes against Asian-Americans. By Madeleine Ngo / NYT
Black Americans and women continue to face discrimination in skilled trades. By Paul Solman and Lee Koromvokis / NPR
Redlining, Predatory Inclusion, and Housing Segregation. By Paige Glotzer / AAIHS
Former prosecutors, judges join push for new trial in Alabama death row case. By Mark Berman / Wash Post
Why Black Women Are Rejecting Hospitals in Search of Better Births. By Alice Proujansky / NYT
USDA Secretary Vilsack Hopes To Boost Number Of Black Farmers. By Michel Martin and James Doubek / NPR
An Honest History of Texas Begins and Ends With White Supremacy. By Cassey Michel / The New Republic
A push to save landmarks of the ‘Great Migration’ — and better understand today’s racial inequities. By Mark Guarino / Wash Post
The lynching that Black Chattanooga never forgot takes center stage downtown. By Chris Moody / Wash Post
The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre. By Nan Elizabeth Woodruff / NYT
Army continues to honor Confederate unit histories, even as base names draw scrutiny. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
How Biden is betting on Buttigieg to drive a new era of racial equity. By Sam Mintz / Politico
How the Pentagon is campaigning against white extremism in its ranks. By David Ignatius / Wash Post
