National News
Virus-Driven Push to Release Juvenile Detainees Leaves Black Youth Behind. By Erica L. Green / NYT
John Lewis remembered in his own words / NBC News
Politics at the point of a gun. Conservative armed groups move into politics as backlash builds against protests, stay-at-home orders. By Joshua Partlow / Wash Post
Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis. By Julian Agyeman / The Conversation
Protesters Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor Have to Convince a Mitch McConnell Protege. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Jaime Harrison is chasing Lindsey Graham like a cheetah running down an impala. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
House votes to approve the creation of a National Latino Museum. By Patricia Guadalupe / NBC News
When it comes to congressional oversight of our military, the U.S. has a serious diversity problem. By Brian Greer / Wash Post
One Korean American’s Reckoning. By Alyssa Jeong Perry / NPR
For HBCUs, the coronavirus pandemic hits especially close to home. By Nolan D. McCaskill and Maya King / Politico
Biden unveils economic plan to combat racial inequality, slams Trump for stoking tensions. By Adam Edelman and Marianna Sotomayor / NBC News
Portland protesters worry violence is taking away from Black Lives Matter message. By Trevor Hughes / USA Today
Tom Cotton, GOP senator, introduces bill to prohibit use of federal funds to teach 1619 Project. By Clare Foran / CNN
Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases. By Jeremy Herb / CNN
It’s my constitutional freaking right’: Black Americans arm themselves in response to pandemic, protests. By Maya King / Politico
Coronavirus pandemic tearing through Latino communities – and it may get worse. By Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today
An Inside Look at Weeks of Demonstrations Following the Killing of George Floyd. By Katie Orlinsky / Mother Jones
House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From U.S. Capitol. By Catie Edmondson / NYT
Civil rights leaders plan August demonstration on steps of Lincoln Memorial. By Marissa J. Lang / Wash Post
250 Asian American and Pacific Islander elected officials, leaders announce Biden endorsement. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Pentagon’s No. 2 Officer Says Military Must Do Better On Diversity. By Tom Bowman / NPR
‘Do you belong here?’: Lawsuits allege Hilton, other hotels discriminated against Black guests. By Chris Woodyard and David Oliver / USA Today
Where Lynching Terrorized Black Americans, Corporal Punishment In Schools Lives On. By Rebecca Klein / HuffPost
C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Leader And Champion Of Nonviolent Action, Dies At 95. By Colin Dwyer / NPR
Who Were the Freedom Riders? By Derrick Bryson Taylor / NYT
Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Bank of America and Other Lenders. By Patrick Rucker / ProPublica
