National News
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
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
