National News
He was a Yale graduate, Wall Street banker and entrepreneur. Today he’s homeless in Los Angeles. By Dan Simon / CNN
Revisiting the Poor People’s Campaign and Its Legacy. By Bobby Cervantes / AAIHS
Kamala Harris grew up in a mostly white world. Then she went to a black university in a black city. By Robin Givhan / Wash Post
The parking garage beating lasted 10 seconds. DeAndre Harris still lives with the damage. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
“Racism in America Is Endemic”: Democratic Candidates Vow to Confront White Supremacy & Legacy of Slavery. By Juan Gonzalez / Democracy Now
O’Rourke Promises To ‘Take Your AR-15,’ But Americans Are Split On Buybacks. By Brandon Carter / NPR
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump’s “Racially Discriminatory Scheme” to Skew Redistricting. Ari Berman / Mother Jones
How Black Americans Were Robbed of Their Land. Video by The Atlantic
Couples in Virginia will no longer have to disclose race to obtain a marriage license. By Minyvonne Burke / NBC News
Crystal Mason Reacts To Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Prison Sentence. By Sam levine / HuffPost
The Ongoing Struggle of the Black Ivy League. By Alaina Morgan / AAIHS
Restoring Black Cowboys to the Range. By Sarah Maslin Nir / NYT
Teaching Hard History. Preface by Hasan Kwame Jeffries / Southern Poverty Law Center
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back. By Hannah Knowles / Wash Post
Virginia seminary sets aside $1.7 million to pay reparations to descendants of slaves. By Daniel Burke / CNN
White nationalism: How terrorism has changed since 9/11 — and why America won’t unite. By Mike Kelly / USA Today
Banking while black: Minority business owners with better credit scores than white counterparts face worse treatment and more scrutiny. By Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Trump’s housing finance plan will make mortgages more expensive, especially for black borrowers, housing groups say. By Tracy Jan and Renae Merle / Wash Post
What College Admissions Offices Really Want. By Paul Tough / NYT
Historically black colleges give graduates a wage boost. By Gregory N. Price / The Conversation
Why black parents of Arlington are joining forces. By Amina Luqman-Dawson, Adora Williams and Whytni Kernodle / Wash Post
Curious Kids: Who was the first black child to go to an integrated school? By Russell Wllsworth Lovell II / The Conversation
Nation’s failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls. By Eileen Rivers / USA Today
Black unemployment rate falls to a record low. By Chris Isidore / CNN
‘Aryan’ and ‘Octoroon’: Couples challenge racial labels to get married in Virginia. By Rachel Weiner / Wash Post
Isiah James Wants to Take Brooklyn’s Fight for Affordable Housing to Congress. By Aaron Freedman / The Intercept
