National News
Ossoff makes closing pitch to rural Black voters. By Maya King / Politico
Black candidates can win in swing districts. By Jacob Smith / The Conversation
Kamala Harris prepares for her historic vice presidency by studying Joe Biden’s legacy. By Dan Merica and Jasmine Wright / CNN
Deb Haaland: Biden’s Pick To Be 1st Native American Cabinet Secretary. By Nathan Rott / NPR
2020: The year America confronted racism. By Nicole Chavez / CNN
Vaccinating Black Americans Is Essential. Key States Aren’t Doing the Work to Combat Hesitancy. By Caroline Chen, et al. / Propublica
Newly released video shows police didn’t immediately help Ahmaud Arbery as he lay dying. By Bert Roughton and Hannah Knowles / Wash Post
Chicago police must account for their degrading treatment of Anjanette Young. The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Schools, caught by pandemic and confronting systemic racism, jettison testing for admissions. By Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson / Wash Post
Researcher Timnit Gebru Says Google Wanted ‘My Presence, But Not Me Exactly.’ By Bobby Allyn / NPR
For the Last 4 Years “Tribes Have Been Pushed Aside by This Administration.” By Anna V. Smith / Mother Jones
MacKenzie Scott’s gifts to HBCUs, other colleges surpass $800 million. By Nick Anderson and Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
Why wealthy women of color are more confident investors than their white female peers. By Emma Hinchliffe / Fortune
Lewis and Clark’s Long, Dark Winter. And Ours. By Timothy Egan / NYT
Here’s what might replace America’s disappearing Confederate monuments. By Phillip Morris / National Geographic
His Storied Life: James Wiley, Tuskegee Airman and American War Hero. By Charleen Smith-Riedel / Smithsonian Folklife
Exceptional Leaders of Color in Every Field of Endeavor are Changing America – Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety II, 17th Vice-Chancellor, The University of the South.
Watch “Rock the Runoff: Broadway for Georgia performs “Georgia On My Mind”” on YouTube
‘The most lopsided economic event imaginable’: Wave of evictions threatens Black, Latino tenants. By Katy O’Donnell and Janaki Chadha / Politico
Hundreds of Black People Are in Prison for Life Even Though Some Jurors Thought They Were Innocent. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
Racial stereotypes drive students of color away from STEM, but many still persist. By Ebony O. McGee / The Conversation
Yelp To Deposit $10 Million Cash Into Black-Serving Banks. By Ruth Umoh / Forbes
Tyler Perry donates $100,000 to defense fund of Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
W.E.B. Du Bois Is as Relevant as Ever. By Norman Stockwell / The Progressive
Cowboy Confederates. The ideals of the Confederate South found new force in the bloody plains of the American West. By Jefferson Cowie / Dissent
Congressional Hispanic Caucus urges Congress to vote on national Latino museum in spending bill. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
