National News
Cornel West launches presidential campaign with The People’s Party. By Marina Pitofsky / USA Today
Detroit’s 40-year reign as nation’s largest majority-Black city may be over. By Clara Hendrickson Kristi Tanner and Dana Afana / Detroit Free Press
Kristen Welker To Become First Black Host Of “Meet The Press.” By Melissa Noel / Essence
FAMU students are suing Florida government over funding gaps. By Char Adams / NBC News
Philadelphia’s slumping voter turnout worries Democrats ahead of 2024. By Anthony J. Rivera and Colby Itkowitz / Wash Post
Woman Who Shot Ajike “AJ” Owens Arrested and Charged. By Kalyn Womack / The Root
Research Shows Link Between Racial Bias And AI Technology In Major Industries. By Iman Milner / Black Enterprise
A few Indian boarding schools remain open. By Sequola Carillo and Allison Herra / NPR
The Problem With Wealth-Based Affirmative Action. By Richard Rothstein / The Atlantic
Florida businesses plans strike to protest DeSantis immigration law. By Ana Goni-Lessan and John Kennedy / Tallahassee Democrat
32 Mississippi school districts still under federal desegregation orders. By AP and NBC News
Chicago’s New Mayor Could Signal a Pro-Public Education Shift. By Michaela Brant / The Progressive
NAACP President Derrick Johnson Warns Against New Debt Ceiling Bill. By Lauren Nutall / Black Enterprise
What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days. By Maria Cramer / NYT
Utah School District Bans the Bible for “Vulgarity” and “Violence.” By Tori Otten / The New Republic
Inside the Christian Legal Crusade to Revive School Prayer. By Linda K. Wertheimer / The New Republic
Evangelicals Are Trump’s Firewall Against Primary Losses. By Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine
Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases. By Hannah Schoebaum / AP
Descendants of early Black Californians want their ancestors’ stolen land back. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
A Black girl won the first national spelling bee, dealing a blow to racism. By Bill Chappell / NPR
Ron DeSantis says he will ‘destroy leftism’ in US if elected president. By Martin Pengelly / The Guardian
The Rise of Latino White Supremacy. By Geraldo Cadava / The New Yorker
He prosecuted George Floyd’s killer — and he’s still searching for answers. By Shia Kapos / Politico
Minnesota sets up first office for missing and murdered Black women and girls. By Dana Ferguson / NPR
The Elusive Quest for Black Progress. By Matthew Thompson / NYT
Reparations Are a Financial Quandary. For Democrats, They’re a Political One, Too. By Trip Gabriel, Maya King, Kurtis Lee and Shawn Hubler / NYT
