National News
Ben Crump calls for federal investigation into Mississippi police handling of Dexter Wade’s death. By Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments. By Trevor Thompson and Sofia Stahl / The Conversation
A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. FDA advisers will review it next week. By The AP and NBC News
The Native American population exploded, the census shows. Here’s why. By Andrew Van Dam / Wash Post
The evangelical Christian activist who is now speaker of the House. By Mark Silk / RNS
Colleges under pressure to address antisemitism on campuses. By Madina Toure’ / Politico
250 years later, ‘Amazing Grace’ has filled churches, concerts, even commercials. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Why Black People Believe the End is Near. By Benjamin Baker / AAIHS
This course uses big data to examine how American newspapers covered lynchings. By Rob Wells / The Conversation
The Sacred Ground Where Black Americans Search for Their Roots. By Margo Snipe / Capital B
Using Horror to Explore Florida’s Ignored Civil Rights Movement. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Joe Biden Knows What It Actually Means to Be President. By David French / NYT
Forensic psychological expert: MAGA “victimhood” is a major recruitment tool for violence. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Cornel West’s Improvisational Run for President: ‘It’s Jazz All the Way Down.’ By Charles Homans / NYT
Why race and colonialism matter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By karen Attiah / Wash Post
A judge says Georgia’s congressional maps must be redrawn. By Sam Gringlas / NPR
New Clarence Thomas ethics questions about forgiveness on luxury RV loan. By Nina Totenberg / NPR
For the 1st time since Covid, anti-Asian hate dropped. What’s behind the 33% decrease. By Kimmy Yam and Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
SCOTUS struck a ‘blow’ to Black students, but it puts ‘spotlight’ on HBCUs: Advocates. By Arthur Jones II / ABC News
I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors. By Brian Y. An / The Conversation
I Teach at Boston University—They Need to Show They Have Ibram X. Kendi’s Back. By Joshua Pederson / The Daily Beast
What role Speaker Mike Johnson’s religious views play in his politics. By Sarah Beth Hensley / ABC News
What is antisemitism? How the meaning of an age-old hate has evolved. By Anna Kaufman / USA Today
Poll: More religious Americans support the use of political violence. By Fiona Andre’ / RNS
Robert E. Lee Confederate statue in Charlottesville melted down. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Septima Clark and the Fight for Civil Rights. By Tara Kirton / AAIHS
