National News
The origins of policing in America. Wash Post Video
Remembering The Augusta Civil Rights Riot, 50 Years Later. By Sea Stachura / NPR
Trump’s encouragement of GOP poll watchers echoes an old tactic of voter intimidation. Mark Krasovic / The Conversation
VA will be investigated after ‘staggering accounts of racism,’ Sen. Warren says. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings paint chaotic, confusing scene. By Minyvonne Burke, Laura Strickler, Janelle Griffith and Lisa Riordan Seville. NBC News
Graham, Harrison spar over SCOTUS and Covid-19 in fiery Senate debate. By James Arkin / Politico
Can Mike Espy Make History, Again? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
California was a free state. But there was still slavery. Now reparations are on the table. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Alabama’s governor apologizes to survivor of 1963 Klan bombing of Birmingham church. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Black Gun Ownership Surges Amid 2020 Racial Tensions. By Madison J. Gray / BET News
Student Discipline Rates Show Black Girls Are Disproportionally At Risk. By Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro / NYT
On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor. By Marc Zimmer / The Conversation
Demographic shifts since 2016 could be enough to defeat Trump. But it’s complicated. By David Wasserman / NBC News
Poll shows Warnock leading in Georgia special Senate election. By Zack Budryk / The Hill
The Obama Justice Department Had a Plan to Hold Police Accountable for Abuses. The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It. By Robert Faturechi / Propublica
Kids’ perceptions of police fall as they age – for Black children the decline starts earlier and is constant. By Kathleen Padilia and Adam Fine / The Conversation
Black Appalachians find hope in national reckoning on race. By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / ABC News
Amid the Monument Wars, a Rally for ‘More History.’ By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
L.A. Times apology during a season of reflection. By The Times Editorial Board
THE FIRSTS: The children who desegregated America. A Special project from The Atlantic.
A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor. By Jay Price / NPR
Trump’s Debate Answer Gave White Supremacists a Huge Win. By Vera Bergengruen and Lissandra Villa / Time
A woman killed. An officer shot. And no one legally responsible. By David A. Fahrenhold / Wash Post
Since 2015: 48 Black Women Killed by the Police. And Only 1 Charge. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta / NYT
‘Blatant disregard and disrespect of Black people’: Virginia district apologizes for segregated schools – 53 years later. By Elinor Aspegren / USA Today
