National News
The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale. By Jeanne Theoharis / NYT
Trump’s 1776 Commission Was Unintentionally Revealing. By Michael Kazin / NYT
What this 18th century poet reveals about Amanda Gorman’s success. By Manisha Sinha / CNN
A call for another Great Migration, this one in reverse. By Carlos Lozada / Wash Post
‘Ready to take power’: Progressives mobilized Latino voters in Georgia, and here are the lessons. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Black Lives Matter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for carrying forward ‘a movement of racial justice.’ By Grace Hauck / USA Today
Biden Housing Nominee Marcia Fudge Appears Before Senate Banking Panel. By Pam Fessler / NPR
Fauci: Covid-19 vaccine rollout must prioritize people of color. By Erin Snodgrass / Business Insider
Mitch McConnell Should Leave the History Lessons to Others. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
What Ulysses Grant Can Teach Joe Biden About Putting Down Violent Insurrections. By Casey Mitchel / Politico
Emmett Till’s Chicago House Gets Landmark Status Amid Plans For Black Heritage Site. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96. By Robert D. McFadden / NYT
The Only Black Woman at the Helm of a Major Wellness Brand. By Kathleen Hou / New York Magazine
How Biden Is Erasing Trump’s White Supremacist Legacy. By Emily Peck / HuffPost
After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups. By Kimberly Kindy, Mark Berman, and Kim Bellware / Wash Post
The D.C. Statehood Debate Is Coming, Like It or Not. By Osita Nwanevu / The New Republic
Every Boston mayor has been a white man. Will 2021 change that? By Stephanie Murray / Politico
There isn’t a single Black woman on House Dems’ leadership team. It’s not new. By Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle / Politico
Black woman whose family was handcuffed at gunpoint by police sues Aurora, Colorado. By Doha Madani / NBC News
New Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer will be the only Black woman chief executive in Fortune 500. By Beth Kowitt and Claire Zillman / Fortune
What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power. By Jeanne Theoharis / AAIHS
US Senate has only had 11 Black senators in its 232-year history. By Faith Karimi / CNN
Lone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacy. By Laura Smith / NYT
How enslaved Black people helped make Washington our nation’s capital. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Finally, a President Acknowledges White Supremacy. By Farhad Manjoo / NYT
With a new administration, activists hope for a focus on environmental racism. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
