National News
Half of Black D.C. residents lack easy access to health care, analysis shows. By Michael Brice-Saddler , Jenna Portnoy ,John D. Harden, and Janice Kai Chen / Wash Post
AMC apologizes to N.C. civil rights leader removed from ‘The Color Purple’ screening over seating issue. By Marlene Lenthang / NBC News
The Bible And Black People: A Torrid Love Affair. By Rev. Osagyefo Sekou / Newsone
What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It dates back to the Emancipation Proclamation. By AP and RNS
They Changed Their Minds about Slavery and Left a Bible Record. By David Dangerfield and Ramon Jackson / Christianity Today
What the Civil War Was About. By Paul Krugman / NYT
An Appeal for Impartial Suffrage. By Frederick Douglas / The Atlantic JANUARY 1867 ISSUE
South Carolina plaintiffs seek to correct the civil rights record. By Kathleen Parker / Wash Post
A racist mob destroyed her home. She was given the land 84 years later. By Timothy Bella / Wash Post
An Old-Fashioned Scandal Fells a New Harvard President. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
America’s Thirst for Authoritarianism. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed. By Eileen Sullivan / NYT
Biden economy: New polls reveal experiences of Black and Latino voters. By Christian Paz / Vox
Diversity policies face ‘full-out attack’ in 2024, leading HR boss warns. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
The Biggest Threat to America’s Universities. By Paul Krugman / NYT
What elite colleges and their critics get wrong about antisemitism and free speech. By Nicole Narea / Vox
A fight for Black representation, with a civil rights landmark on the line. By Patrick Marley / Wash Post
The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants. By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash and Rene Marsh / CNN
Alabama made $450 million annually from ‘convict leasing,’ forcing Black prisoners to work at fast-food chains: Lawsuit. By Elura Nanos / Laaw and Crime
For some Black women, the fear of death shadows the joy of birth. By Alilah Johnson / Wash Post
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations. By Negar Fani and Nathaniel Harnatt / The Conversation
Black church coalition names reparations, voting, health equity among priorities. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
James Carville Draws Fire For Calling Speaker Mike Johnson a Christian Nationalist. By Cecilia Buchanan / Beliefnet
What Was Christmas Like For Slaves In America? By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a U.S. university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics. By William Trollinger / The Conversation
In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks. By Thomas S. Bremer / The Conversation
