National News
Cherelle Parker becomes first woman elected mayor of Philadelphia. By AP and The Guardian
Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member Yusef Salaam will win seat on NYC Council. By AP and NPR
Tim Scott is 2024’s only Black Republican, and he wants America to focus less on race. By Averi Harper and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim / ABC News
With threats on the rise, many American Jews are buying guns, seeking training. By Ashley R. Williams / CNN
BU finds Ibram X. Kendi’s antiracist research center managed funds properly, despite turmoil. By AP and NBC News
Report: U.S. Schools Remain Segregated, More Work to Do. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed.
HHMI Launches $1.5 Billion Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program To Support Diversity, Innovation In Biomedical Research. By Sarah Hansen / UMBC News
“Apocalypticism”: Polling expert reveals the root of “panic among conservative White Christians.” By Chauncey Devega
Abortion vote in Ohio pushes ‘pro-life pro-choice’ Black clergy to take a side. By Kathryn Post / RNS
American Baptist Churches USA to be led by Rev. Gina Jacobs-Strain. By Fiona Andre’ / RNS
A law that helped end slavery is now a weapon to end affirmative action. By Julian Mark / Wash Post
Nearing Her 109th Birthday, and Still Waiting for Her Day in Court. By Audra D.S. Burch / NYT
Henry Ford’s Anti-Semitism Was Not a Footnote. By Daniel Schulman / The Atlantic
Obama Urges Americans to Take in ‘Whole Truth’ of Israel-Gaza War. By Lisa Lerer / NYT
Mike Johnson is not a “culture warrior” — he’s an enemy of democracy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Get to Know the Influential Conservative Intellectuals Who Help Explain G.O.P. Extremism. By Damon Linker / NYT
A newspaper giant tried to diversify its staff. White workers sued. By Taylor Telford / Wash Post
Civil rights are under assault in Florida, coalition of activists say. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
A debate brews among Black Ivy League students over representation on campus. By Uwa Ede-Osifo / NBC News
Former Memphis officer pleads guilty in Tyre Nichols death. By AP and NPR
FBI search home of Eric Adams’ fundraiser, consultant. By Savannah Kuchar / USA Today
Mike Johnson’s reading of Scripture misses what it really means to be a Christian nation. By Liz Theoharis / RNS
Antisemitism on the rise? Three charts on religious-based hate. By Jacob Turcotte and Harry Bruinius / CS Monitor
More Black Women Land Leadership Roles At Divinity Schools—and Beyond. By Stacy Jackson / Black Enterprise
Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away. By Mike Lofgren / Salon
Sojourner Truth Was a ‘Double Woman’ in More Ways than One. By Obbie Tyler Todd
