National News
What Are the Democratic Candidates’ Climate Proposals for Black America? By Julia Craven / Slate
The Long History of the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Links to White Supremacists. By Alex DiBranco
Tulsa plans to dig for suspected mass graves from a 1921 race massacre. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Young Black Americans who want to explore their roots can take a free birthright trip to Africa. Here’s how. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Newsom grants posthumous pardon to civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. By Phil Willon / LA Times
Trump just gave Americans a lesson in white history. By Jessica Machado / Vox
Watch LeBron James’ Heartfelt, Unrehearsed Tribute to Kobe Bryant. By Josh Levin / Slate
How Trump’s impeachment created two Democratic superstars. By Jake Sherman and Heather Caygle / Politico
Black and Hispanic drivers in Austin, Texas, are disproportionately stopped by police, report says. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Stacey Abrams, Dems rally around pastor in burgeoning Georgia Senate race. By James Arkin / Politico
Cory Booker’s Candidacy Forced Us to Examine the Root of Inequality in Schools. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
A nearly all-white Iowa town asked itself: ‘Why do we hate?’ By Tyrone Beason / LA Times
Black History Month: The Afro-Indigenous—Native Americans with African ancestry. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
America’s last slave ship stole them from home. It couldn’t steal their identities. By Joel K. Bourne, Jr., Sylviane Diouf and Chelsea Brasted / National Geographic
Slavery reparations seem impossible. In many places, they’re already happening. By Thai Jones / Wash Post
Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. By Ellen McCarthy / Wash Post
Editorial: Trump’s tax cuts are exploding the deficit. The poor are going to wind up paying the tab. By The Editorial Board/ LA Times
Among poorest 20 percent of Americans, one-third of income goes to health care: study. By Nicole Karlis / Salon
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters. By Ben Schreckinger / Politico
Mississippi’s governor is shutting down a unit inside the prison where 9 inmates have died. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
Saved by the Supreme Court: Conservative justices boost Stephen Miller’s anti-immigration agenda. By Sophia Tesfaye / Salon
Bloomberg offers plan to confront racial economic inequality. By Associated Press
Trump’s Stealth Plan To Preserve White Electoral Power. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Lindsey Graham’s Democratic Challenger Nearly Tied in Heavily-Republican South Carolina, Poll Shows. By Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek
The complicated beauty of student debt forgiveness, according to the CEO who cleared the loans of nearly 400 Morehouse grads. By Abigail Jhess / CNBC
Anita Hill: It’s too late for Joe Biden to apologize for botching Clarence Thomas hearings. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
