National News
Greg Abbott’s School Voucher Crusade Is Three Decades in the Making. by Jeremy Schwartz / ProPublica
These Badges Shed New Light on the Enslaved Workers Who Built Charleston. By Sarah Kuta / Smithsonian Magazine
The site of the first free Black town in the U.S. is being rebuilt near St. Augustine. By C. Isaiah Smalls II / Miami Herald
Three Evangelical ‘Founding Fathers’ and Their Complicated Relationships to Slavery. By Robert Caldwell III / CT
How 99 Black Americans Gained—Then Lost—Land On An Idyllic Georgia Island. By Ruth Murai / Mother Jones
Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups. By Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks / The Conversation
Let’s Examine the Link Between MAGA and the Old South. By Thom Hartman / The New Republic
In 1964, the Klan killed three young activists and shocked the nation. By Susan Levine / Wash Post
Biden ramps up push to end Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy, highlighting the choice in the 2024 election. By Sahil Kapur / NBC News
Trump unleashed: This is the calm before the storm. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Is the Supreme Court Running Out the Clock on Trump’s Immunity Case? By Leah Litman / NYT
Maryland governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order. By Erin Cox , Katie Shepherd and Katie Mettler / Wash Post
GOP pick for N.C. governor downplayed Weinstein allegations, assault by Ray Rice. By Patrick Svitek and Maegan Vazquez / Wash Post
Most Americans approve of DEI, according to Post-Ipsos poll. By Taylor Telford, Emmanuel Felton and Emily Guskin / Wash Post
Sen. Tim Scott fashions himself a Christian. Why does he lie about Trump and crime? By Issac Bailey / Charlotte Observer
Trumpworld keeps overstating Trump’s support among Black voters. By Phillip Bump / Wash Post
Episcopal Church grapples with ‘transformative role’ in Native American residential schools. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald / RNS
Does White Supremacy Animate Our Rituals? By RNS Press Release
Political Scientists Want to Know Why We Hate Each Other This Much. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US. By Casey Tolan, Rene Marsh and Nelli Black / CNN
‘Rattlesnakes Don’t Commit Suicide. By Justin Giboney / Christianity Today
Richard Smallwood, ‘Total Praise’ Composer, To Receive Juneteenth Tribute In D.C. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
The legacy of a last name: A new memorial park honors the last names of the formerly enslaved. By Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers / CNN
What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate.’ By Christine Kinealy / The Conversation
Mexico was a destination for escaped slaves — one woman risked everything to get them there. By Priscilla Thompson / NBC News
The American Election That Set the Stage for Trump. By Isaac Chotiner / The New Yorker
