National News
Evangelical Colleges Will Continue to Pursue Diversity Without Affirmative Action. By Hannah McClellan / Christianity Today
White Texas couple leads ‘Let’s Talk Race’ class to educate churchgoers. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
John Mercer Langston Paved the Way for Black U.S. Representatives, But Most People Don’t Know It. By Tom Shields / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
Biden Will Establish A National Monument Honoring Emmett Till, The Black Teen Lynched In Mississippi. By Darlene Superville / HuffPost
‘Rustin’ First Look: Colman Domingo Is Bayard Rustin, the Man Who Turned MLK’s Dream Into a Reality. By Chris Murphy / Vanity Fair
Activists split over whether reparations should go to Black immigrants. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
John Lewis honored at Morehouse ceremony as stamp goes on sale. By Rahul Ball / WABE
Black deaf students to receive high school diplomas 70 years after graduation. By Nicole Chavez and Isabel Yip / CNN
The Unsung African American Scientists of the Manhattan Project. By Farrell Evans / History
Tim Scott Once Confronted Racism Head On. Not Anymore. By Garrison Hayes / Mother Jones
Congressional Black Caucus allies launch ‘eight-figure’ effort to flip the House. By Ben Kamisar / NBC News
Hispanic GOP caucus grows its numbers — and wants to increase its influence. By Marianna Sotomayor / Wash Post
President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms As Senior Advisor For Public Engagement. The White House
Texas A&M interim dean resigns after Kathleen McElroy’s botched hiring. By William Melhado and Alejandro Serrano / Texas Tribune
Black people in redlined neighborhoods face higher risks for heart failure. By Justin Gamble / CNN
Carlee Russell Is Home. These Black Women and Girls Are Still Missing. By Capital B Staff
Barack Obama Warns American Christians That Sacred Texts Are Threatened. By Claude Wooten / MSN
Abigail Oduol seized the moment to organize for anti-racism in her workplace. By Kathryn Post / RNS
RFK Jr’s Unhinged Antisemitism Is No Surprise. By Jeffrey Salkin / RNS
At ‘ground zero’ for slavery, a new museum helps rewrite history. By Edward Ball / Wash Post
My Life in the Aftermath of Martin Luther King’s Assassination. By Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly / The New Yorker
What America Loses Without Jesse Jackson’s Voice. By Janell Ross / Time
‘Gut-level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Public Universities That Accept More Than 50% Of Students Who Apply. Shaun Harper / Forbes
Florida is hurting as it becomes ‘where empathy, decency and kindness go to die. By Adam Nichols / Raw Story
Tim Scott is the longshot candidate raising the most cash. By Jessica Piper / Politico