National News
Virginia must preserve places of African American valor. By Alfonzo Lopez and Lamont Bagby / Wash Post
“We are complicit”: Only some churches are offering real reparations and repentance for slavery. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
Atlanta Shooting and America’s Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence. By Cady Lang / Time
Atlanta shootings see Asian, Black, Americans take on white supremacy. By Marc Ramirez / USA Today
Poll: 1 in 4 Americans has seen Asians blamed for COVID-19. By Susan Page and Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
‘This Is Jim Crow in New Clothes.’ Senator Raphael Warnock’s first speech on the Senate floor brought the past into the present. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
In City After City, Police Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests. By Kim Barker, Mike Baker and Ali Watkins / NYT
Your Home’s Value Is Based on Racism. Wherever they choose to buy, Black people are penalized by white preferences. By Dorothy A. Brown / NYT
Seizing the moment to revive an historically Black college. By Janet Lorin / Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
A Powerful New Framing of America’s First Civil Rights Movement. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
144 Years After His Death, Nathan Bedford Forrest Still Rules Tennessee Politics. By Matt Shuham / TPM
Amalgamated Bank becomes the first major US bank to endorse reparations. By Ramishah Maruf / CNN
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield gives powerful speech at U.N.: “I know the ugly face of racism.” By Pamela Falk / CBS News
We are not leaving’: Sewanee’s first Black leader helps propel a racial reckoning at university. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
Anti-Racism Groups Lead Calls For Urgent Action Against Anti-Asian Attacks Following Atlanta Shootings. By Robert Hart / Forbes
Republicans launch yet another racist smear campaign against a female nominee. by Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
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
