National News
The growing battle over corporate diversity practices, explained. By Taylor Telford / Wash Post
Donald Trump’s Latest Threats Really Are About the Violence. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump. By Jake Tapper / CNN
“A clarion call to arms”: Experts on why MAGA remains impervious to anti-Trump Republicans’ message. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Biden campaign makes case to Latino and Black voters with new radio ads. By Sabrina Rodriguez / Wash Post
Laphonza Butler sworn in as the third Black female senator in history. By Maeve Reston and Annabelle Timsit / Wash Post
Attorney Ben Crump aids Tennessee State University in $2.1B dispute. By Craig Shoup and Todd A. Price / the Tennessean
Rhode Island bank to pay $9M to resolve discriminatory lending allegations. By AP and NBC News
Why Can’t We Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It Works. By Marcela Valdez / NYT
A New Theory of Race in America. By Rhoda Feng / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Uprooting The Racism Of American Churches. By James Travis Young / Patheos
America’s Proclivity For Extremism Has Religious Roots. By John Fanestill / Time
From fasting to pregame prayers: how religion shapes the NBA. By Jacob Uitti / The Guardian
AME Bishop Silvester Beaman named chair of White House council on African engagement. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Indigenous Peoples Day offers a reminder of Native American history − including the scalping they endured at the hands of Colonists. By Chriatoph Strobel / The Conversation
Florida’s History of African Resistance. By Brian G. / Momentum
The Musical Legacy of a Mississippi Prison Farm. By Hanif Abdurraqib / The New Yorker
Howard University hosts banned book authors to discuss censorship. By Takier George / Andscape
Mary E. Pleasant: Reshaping the Landscape of Segregation in California. By E. Nicole Vines / AAIHS
A Political Standoff Over Affirmative Action. By Liam Knox / Inside Higher Education
Joe Biden Slams Plans By Trump And ‘MAGA Extremists’ To Gut Democratic Institutions. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
The Case for Being Skeptical of Trump’s Huge Lead. By Walter Shapiro / TNR
White People Love Tim Scott For Downplaying Racism: Polls. By Zack Linly / Newsone
The Court’s Affirmative-Action Ban Is a Gift in Disguise. By Feisal G. Mohammed / Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Tesla workers faced slurs, racist graffiti and retaliation, federal suit says. Anumita Kaur / Wash Post
After lawsuit, a town elects first Black leaders in its 200-year history. By Joe Heim and Erin Cox / Wash Post
