National News
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.
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‘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
Covid Meds Are Scarce, but Not for Trump Cronies. By Michelle Goldberg / NYT
Experts warn of low Covid vaccine trust among Black Americans. By P.R. Lockhart / NBC News
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations. By David Crary / ABC News
The Retirement Crisis Facing Black Americans. By Rodney Brooks / US News
For Air Force Leader, Making Video On Racism He’s Faced Was ‘The Right Thing To Do.’ By Rachel Martin / NPR
The Senseless Killing of Brandon Bernard. Bridget Read / MSN News
Minneapolis Shifts $8 Million In Police Funding, Keeps Force At Current Level. By Avie Schneider / NPR
Descendants of enslaved Blacks explore Virginia history. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
The Elusive Promise of the Underground Railroad. By Eric Herschthal / The New Republic
The founder of Johns Hopkins owned enslaved people. Our university must face a reckoning. By Martha S. Jones / Wash Post
“40 Years a Prisoner” confronts the police we’re supposed to trust “telling bold-faced lies.” By D. Watkins / Salon
Why Is Publishing So White? By Richard Jean So / NYT
