National News
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
Pentagon Sidesteps Trump to Ban the Confederate Flag. By Helene Cooper / NYT
Jamaal Bowman Defeats 16-Term Rep. Engel In NY House Primary. By Ass. Press / TPM
Protests Continue Daily in Louisville. Here’s a Look at 45 Days of Marches. By K. K. Rebecca Lai / NYT
A black man accused of rape, a white officer in the Klan, and a 1936 lynching that went unpunished. By Michael S. Rosenwald / Wash Post
What is ‘Strike for Black Lives’ and when is it? By Jonathan Vanian / Fortune
When I spoke out about systematic oppression, the Republican response was vicious. By Illhan Omar / Wash Post
Candace Valenzuela wins Texas runoff, stands to be first Afro-Latina in Congress. Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
The Supreme Court just stopped 1 million Floridians from voting in November. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Trump Snaps ‘So Are White People’ When Asked Why Black People Are Killed By Cops. By David Moye / HuffPost
Georgia’s Republican governor rejects coronavirus restrictions Atlanta mayor put in place amid surge. By Roger Sollengerger / Salon
Jeff Sessions Ends His Political Career in a Blaze of Racism. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
University of Mississippi removes Confederate statue from heart of campus. By Phil McCausland / NBC News
