National News
A VC Fund Backed By Kevin Durant And Diddy Will Donate Its Profits to 11 Charities Improving Diversity In Tech. By Biz Carson / Forbes
Can the Rebirth of a Negro League Stadium Revive a Distressed City? By Kelly Whiteside / NYT
Puerto Rico, D.C., Hawaii and Alaska: The messy, racist fights around statehood. By Joshua Keating / Slate
Bronze Statue Honoring First Black Fighter Pilot Unveiled in Georgia. By Tanasia Kenney / Atlanta Black Star
How Italians Became ‘White.’ Vicious bigotry, reluctant acceptance: an American story. By Brent Staples / NYT
Montgomery elected its first black mayor in 200 years. This is why it matters. By Faith Karimi and LaRell Reynolds / CNN
Senate Report: Russians Used Social Media Mostly To Target Race In 2016. By Tim Mak / NPR
Los Angeles Police Stop and Search Black and Latino Drivers More Often, Even Though Whites Have More Illegal Items. By Rosie McCall / Newsweek
‘Young, Gifted, & Broke’ gives expert advice on student loan debt crisis. By East L. Dockery / The Undefeated
Oprah donated $13 million to Morehouse College. Her endowment is now the largest in the school’s history. By Amir Vera / CNN
Why is the Army Still Honoring Confederate Generals? By James Risen / The Intercept
Tulsa searches for graves from 1921 race massacre that left hundreds of black people dead. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
We’ve Never Forgiven Haiti for Being Black. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
When My Louisiana School and Its Football Team Finally Desegregated. By Jere Longman / NYT
CNN Poll: Americans becoming more likely to say diversity enhances culture. By Jennifer Agiesta / CNN
Black men make up only 2% of teachers in the US. A group named ‘Call Me MISTER’ wants to change that. By Amy Chillag / CNN
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
