National News
As many HBCUs thrive, faith-based Black schools fight financial and accreditation woes. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
An Unholy Traffic: how the slave trade continued through the US civil war. By Rich Tenorio / The Guardian
Mississippi one of only four states that still celebrates Confederate Memorial Day. Why? By Grant McLaughlin / Clarion Ledger
‘Project 2025’ and the Movement That Could Erode Black Equality. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
What to Know About State Laws That Limit or Ban D.E.I. Efforts at Colleges. By Anna Betts / NYT
Biden to speak at Morehouse College commencement, sparking faculty concerns. By Carol E. Lee, Nnamdi Egwuonwu and Aaron Gilchrist / NBC News
What Donald Trump Fears Most. By David Axelrod / The Atlantic
Hakeem Jeffries quietly wrests control from Mike Johnson. By Andrew Solender /Axios
Summer Lee beats primary challenger after facing pressure over Israel-Gaza. By Colby Itkowitz and Dylan Wells / Wash Post
The hard truth about Rainbow PUSH and why the Rev. Frederick Haynes III quit after 3 months. By Michael Eric Dyson / Chicago Sun Times
Do implicit bias trainings on race improve health care? Not yet – but incorporating the latest science can help hospitals treat all patients equitably. By Nao Hagiwara and Tiffany Green / The Conversation
Christian nationalism is a grave threat to America. By Cathy F. Young / The Fulcrum
Concerns over antisemitism rise as Passover begins. By Jason DeRose / NPR
First African American cardinal recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries. By Courtney Mares / CNA
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco’s Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died. By AP and The Grio
Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post (Image Britannica)
The Conservative Who Turned White Anxiety Into a Movement. By Ari Berman / The Atlantic
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died. By Michael Casey / ABC News
Galvanizing the American Public, ANC and Anti-Apartheid. By Jessica Ann Levy / AAIHS
Donald Trump and American Justice. By the Editorial Board / NYT
Alvin Bragg, Manhattan’s district attorney, draws friends close and critics closer. By Walter Ray Watson / NPR
They didn’t want Trump. But they’ll live with the Republican nominee. By Jesús Rodríguez / Wash Post
The Kamala Harris Moment Has Arrived. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Democracy Doesn’t Need Independent Candidates Like RFK Jr. By Ed Kilgore / New York Intelligencer
DEI is under attack. Here’s the real reason it makes many white men uncomfortable. By Barron Witherspoon Sr. / Fortune
Supreme Court: Elena Kagan’s tactical victory for civil rights plaintiffs. By Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
