National News
How a Difficult, Racist, Stubborn President Was Removed From Power – If Not From Office – David Priess / Politico
Trump refuses to acknowledge the fraught history of nationalism – Anne Gearan / Wash Post
The FBI recorded a surge of hate crimes last year. But it undercounted — by a lot – Arjun Singh Sethi / Wash Post
Federal civil rights group urges Trump administration to increase scrutiny of local police – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
‘Hero’ security guard killed by police was working extra shifts for his son’s Christmas – Holly Yan / CNN
Diversity on stark display as House’s incoming freshmen gather in Washington – Elise Viebeck / Wash Post
Letitia James wins race for New York attorney general race – Jon Cambell / Democrat & Chronicle
Two Native American women are headed to Congress. This is why it matters – Sarah Sunshine Manning / Wash Post
These Black Soldiers Fought for America. It Didn’t Protect Them From Jim Crow – Linda Hervieux / The Daily Beast
BREAKING: Florida overturns Jim Crow-era felon disenfranchisement law – Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed) – Amy Harmon / NYT
Legacy Admissions Offer An Advantage — And Not Just At Schools Like Harvard – Max Larkin and Mayowa Aina / NPR
Civil rights groups call for tech firms to crack down on hate groups – David Ingram / NBC News
New Study Reveals White Evangelicals’ Troubling Beliefs On Race And Immigration – Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost
Trump administration decides to stop funding efforts to counter far-right extremism – Casey Michel / ThinkProgress
This Little-Known Case Is Why Trump Can’t Easily End Birthright Citizenship – Kimberly Yam / HuffPost
Russian Propaganda Veterans Push Candace Owens’ ‘Blexit’ Campaign – Kevin Poulsen and Will Sommer / Daily Beast
U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It. Janet Reitman / NYT
Decades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters – Deneen L. Brown / Wash Post
North Dakota Tribes In Race Against Time To Provide New Voter IDs After GOP Law Upheld – Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Charleston to Tree of Life: White nationalism is a threat to us all – Rev. Jennifer Bailey / Salon
The Synagogue Killings Mark a Surge of Anti-Semitism – Andrew Kragie / The Atlantic
How do colleges use affirmative action? Even some activists don’t understand – OiYan Poon / The Conversation
A Black Senate Candidate Stumps in Mississippi, but His Party Holds Him Back – Nicholas Fandos / NYT
The Civil War massacre that left nearly 200 black soldiers ‘murdered’ – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
72 hours in America: Three hate-filled crimes. Three hate-filled suspects – Ray Sanchez and Melissa Gray / CNN
