National News
Harvard’s systemic nepotism revealed: only 57 percent of admitted white students were on merit. By Nicole karlis / Salon
Merger leads To Top Women Led, Minority Owned Investment Firm on Wall Street. By Asia Martin / Forbes
Donald Trump’s favorite president: Andrew Jackson as father of the “white republic.” By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
As Confederate monument debate continues, Kehinde Wiley’s new statue challenges the heroic narrative. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race. By Asma Khalid / NPR
How the Fed Is Trying to Fix Its White Male Problem. By Jeanna Smialek / NYT
Five African Americans named ‘genius’ grant winnners by MacArthur Foundation. By Kevin Parrish Jr. / The Undefeated
Warren gets ‘dramatic shift’ in support from black voters. By Maya King / Politico
Black Workers Are the Heartbeat of the GM Strike. By Eli Day / Mother Jones
Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder. By Bobby Allyn / NPR
Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in Admissions, Judge Rules. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
Red and Blue Voters Live in Different Economies. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Warren Courts African American Voters To Cement Her 2020 Coalition. By Kevin Robillard / HuffPost
Holder-affiliated group launches new challenge to partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina. By Amy Gardner / Wash Post
“Worth This Investment”: Memos Reveal the Scope and Racial Animus of GOP Gerrymandering Ambitions. By David Daley / The Intercept
‘OK’ is now a hate symbol, the ADL says. By Sara Sidner / CNN
Gov. Hogan: $200 million is ‘final offer’ to resolve HBCU lawsuit. By Talia Richman / The Baltimore Sun
How Harvard admissions can be a barometer of our deepest divides. By Jennifer Lee and Van C. Tran / CNN
Elaine Massacre: Federal troops escorting African Americans to the schoolhouse in Elaine, Ark; October 1919. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
GOP racial gerrymandering mastermind participated in redistricting in more states than previously known, files reveal. By David Daley / The Intercept
Mississippi: African American voters sue over election law rooted in the state’s racist past. By Gideon Cohn-Postar / The Conversation
Chokwe Antar Lumumba: Being a Radical Means Getting to the Root Causes of Injustice. By John Nichols / The Nation
Poll finds support for school busing to reduce segregation, but only among Democrats. By Llaura Meckler and Scott Clement / Wash Post
43 Percent of White Students Harvard Admits Are Legacies, Jocks, or the Kids of Donors and Faculty. By Jordan Weissmann / Slate
Hostile Environment For Black Workers Probed In Virginia Beach Shooting Investigation. By Sarah McCammon / NPR
When Anti-Immigration Meant Keeping Out Black Pioneers. By Anna Lisa Cox / NYT
