National News
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
The Legal History of Travel Discrimination. By Rebecca Dudley / AAIHS
Long before Elon Musk, Henry Ford went to war with Jewish groups. By Shera Avi-Yonah / Wash Post
Filipinos who fought for the U.S. in WWII never saw benefits. A new bill seeks to change that. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Leroy Stover, Birmingham’s first Black police officer, dies at 90. By AP and ABC News
What the 2024 Election Is Really About for Trump Supporters. By Jonathan D. Karl / The Atlantic
Will courts ban Trump? Why Colorado case may keep him off 2024 ballot. Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut / USA Today
MAGA Mike Johnson Once Warned About Dangers of Living Under Democracy. By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / The New Republic
Biden hits another milestone for Black female judicial nominees. By Garren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
Tim Scott’s Racial Absolution. By Robert Samuels / The New Yorker
What It Takes for a Democrat to Be Competitive in the Deep Red South. By Tim Miller / The Bulwark
