National News
How White Nationalists See What They Want to See in DNA Tests. By Heather Murphy / NYT
McConnell’s boyhood town shows the lasting impacts of slavery. By Sandy Mazza / USA Today
The forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parks. By Victoria W. Walcott / The Conversation
The Man With the $13 Billion Checkbook. By John Leland / NYT
Miami’s Little Haiti wasn’t a target for developers. Until the seas started to rise. By Bill Weir / CNN
Black women mayors: A rising force in major American cities. By Janell Ross / NBC News
As Cameras Track Detroit’s Residents, a Debate Ensues Over Racial Bias. By Amy Harmon / NYT
With A Growing Membership Since Trump, Black Gun Group Considers Getting Political. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
The Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper, Prints Last Copy. By Monica Davey and John Eligon / NYT
James Monroe Enslaved Hundreds. Their Descendants Still Live Next Door. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
As McConnell’s family shows, the legacy of slavery persists in most American lives. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Jay-Z’s Power Of T-Shaped Leadership. By Jason Wingard / Forbes
Racism: Milwaukee’s Public Health Emergency. By Isiah Holmes / The Progressive
Don’t forget this: Trump’s fans are loyal, and stuck with him through his Fourth of July fiasco. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Two Years Into Trump’s Presidency, Obama Remains a Top Target for Criticism. By Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman / NYT
The Supreme Court Just Legitimized a Cornerstone Element of Voter Suppression. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Elizabeth Warren Pitches Plan To Close Wage Gap For Women Of Color. By Alexis Arnold / HUffPost
The Justice Department Hasn’t Found a New Reason for the Census Citizenship Question—but Trump Has. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Joe Biden apologises for remarks about segregationist senators. By Martin Pengelly / The Guardian
2019 Belongs to Shirley Chisholm. By Jennifer Steinhauer / NYT
Ilhan Omar’s American story: It’s complicated. By Greg Jaffe and Souad Mekhennet / Wash Post
After 50 years, Asian American studies programs can still be hard to find. By Agnes Constante / NBC News
Inherently Unequal: The life and afterlife of Plessy v. Ferguson. By David Cole / The Nation
A Crime by Any Name. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
“The Long Southern Strategy”: How Southern white women drove the GOP to Donald Trump. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Proud Boys and Allies to Rally in D.C. to Capitalize on ‘Trumpstravaganza.’ By Will Sommer / Daily Beast
