National News
The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers.’ By Colbert King / Wash Post
Blocked from taking Confederate statues down, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis try other ideas. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / USA Today
North Carolina To Have Its First Black Woman As Supreme Court Chief Justice. By Kimberly Richards / HuffPost
Pioneering Black Scientist Wins ‘Nobel Prize For The Environment.’ By Marlene Cimons / Huff Post
New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ By Rhae Lynn Barnes / Wash Post
Inside the Radical, Uncomfortable Movement to Reform White Supremacists. By Alyssa Schykar / Mother Jones
The House Takes on America’s Voting-Rights Problem. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Democrats court rural Southern voters with Stacey Abrams’ State of the Union response. By Sharon Austin / The Conversation
African-Americans’ economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated. By Vincent Adejumo / The Conversation
Cleaner Classrooms and Rising Scores: With Tighter Oversight, Head Start Shows Gains. By Jason DeParle / NYT
Dying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans. By Yolanda Wilson / The Conversation
When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
European colonizers killed so many Native Americans that it changed the global climate, researchers say. By Laurent Kent / CNN
A federal law is hurting Native American children. It must be struck down. By Ken Paxton / Wash Post
The Will to Kill, in Black and White. Race has played a heavy hand in the fates of soldiers facing death sentences in the U.S. military. By Bill Lueders / The Progressive
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is one of the greatest speeches in American rhetoric. By Constance Grady / Vox
Cory Booker’s 2020 policy agenda: ‘Baby bonds,’ criminal justice reform, action on climate change. By Jeff Stein / Wash Post
Will Anyone Save Black Colleges? By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Northam’s ugly yearbook photo and the racist origins of blackface. By Michael Brice-Saddler, Jessica Contrera and DaNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Kentucky is disenfranchising black voters at a higher rate than any other state in the country. By Addy Baird / Thinkprogress
Lisa Murkowski Revives Bill Targeting Missing And Murdered Native Women. By Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost
Latino Turnout Surged. Then Texas Questioned 98,000 Voters’ Citizenship. By Roque Planas / HuffPost
Housing market racism persists despite ‘fair housing’ laws. By Keeanaga-Yamahtta Taylor / The Guardian
Elite Law Firm’s All-White Partner Class Stirs Debate on Diversity. By Norm Scheiber and John Eligon / NYT
In Julián Castro’s presidential bid, Latinos see one of their own, defying stereotypes. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
