National News
How Affirmative Action Was Derailed by Diversity. By Richard Thompson Ford / Chronicle of Higher Ed
College-going gap between Black and white Americans is getting worse. By Jon Marcus / USA Today
Ally of Mitch McConnell Wins G.O.P. Primary for Kentucky Governor. By Nick Corasaniti / NYT
Cherelle Parker Wins Philadelphia’s Democratic Mayoral Nomination. By Daniel Marans / HuffPost
Supreme Court to consider South Carolina plan that ‘exiled’ Black voters. By Robert Barnes / Wash Post
Texas Republicans Push New Voting Restrictions Aimed at Houston. By J. David Goodman / NYT
Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years. By Liz Szabo / NBC News
IRS admits Black taxpayers are more likely to get audited. By Aimee Picchi / CBS News
Latino faith leaders to gather for summit on Christian nationalism. By Alejandra Molina / RNS
Trump’s dogwhistle to the Christian right is a permission slip to openly hate women. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Religion is less important in the lives of many Americans. By Jason De Rose / NPR
Elon Musk’s Anti-Semitism Was Inevitable. By Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic
King Cotton: The Confederacy’s Attempt to Gain Legitimacy Through Cotton. By Hansen’s Histories / Morning Clips
Erasing the Confederacy: Army changes names of iconic Fort Hood and Fort Benning bases. By Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today
Birmingham civil rights history: The backstory behind the famous photo of Walter Gadsden, officer Dick Middleton, and his police dog. By Joshua Clark Davis / Slate
Expert: US has long history of silencing Black officials and disenfranchising their constituents. By Rodney Coates / Salon
Attacks on ‘segregated’ graduation ceremonies overlook the history of racism on campus. By Crystal Garcia and Antonio Duran
DeSantis signs bill to defund DEI programs at Florida’s public colleges. By Jack Stripling / Wash Post
One very rich billionaire bought Supreme Court and made himself richer. By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos
White Supremacy Is The ‘Most Dangerous Terrorist Threat,’ Biden Tells Howard Grads. By Sara Boboltz / HuffPost
CNN should have learned from Fox News: Pandering to Trump will cost bigly. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Texas mall shooter’s ‘neo-Nazi ideation’ shocks Latino community. By Silvia Foster-Frau / Wash Post
Biden announces two historic nominations to Fed board. By Rachel Siegel / Wash Post
Feds Deem Black Community’s Waste System a Civil Rights Violation. By Katie Myers / Mother Jones
Chicago auxiliary bishop named chairman of U.S. bishops’ anti-racism committee. By Gina Christian / NCR
The Religious Landscape is Undergoing Massive Change. It Could Decide the 2024 Election. By Ryan Burge / Politico
