National News
Tennessee Has Two White Faces. I’ve Seen Both of Them. By Ishmel Reed / Politico
Black Alabamians endured poor sewage for decades. Now they may see justice. By Brady Dennis / Wash Post
A California panel has called for billions in reparations for black residents. By AP and NPR
Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul. By David Brooks / NYT
Culture wars intensify as legislators face censures, expulsions. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin’s diversity chief. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Voting Rights Group Sues Florida For Registration Process That Sets Former Felons Up To Fail. By Kaila Philo / TPM
Newly Right-Wing N. Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Its 2022 Gerrymandering Decision. By Kate Riga / TPM
South Carolina Democratic Party elects first Black woman chair. By AP and NBC News
Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
From TikTok to ’90s rap, Jamaal Bowman is learning to raise his voice in Congress. By Scott Wong / NBC News
Roy Wood Jr’s Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Roast. By Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast
Bishop T.D. Jakes Announces $1 Billion Partnership With Wells Fargo To Create Mixes-Income Housing Developments. By Sharelle Burt / Black Enterprise
Caste discrimination laws remain fraught. Here’s why they shouldn’t be. By South Asia Scholar Activist Collective / RNS
From poverty to fame, Harry Belafonte never lost his moral compass. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Confederate Tributes Are Losing Their Patron Saint. By Brent Staples / NYT
Black Resistance and Lynching Memory: An Interview with Mari N. Crabtree Part I. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died – here’s how the 1955 murder case helped define civil rights history. By Davia W. Houck / The Conversation
AP course in African American Studies brings Black history to life for these Tulsa students. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Sen. Ron Wyden asks Harlan Crow for list of Clarence Thomas gifts. By Zoe Richards / NBC News
In wake of Ralph Yarl shooting, Black teens face fear and resignation. By Lauren Lumpkin, Emmanuel Felton and Mark Shavin / Wash Post
How UNC students view the lawsuit threatening affirmative action. By Reuters and NBC News
AP Black history course will change after months of political discourse, College Board says. By AP and NBC News
Sheriff’s Office in Rural Kentucky Hires Detective Who Killed Breonna Taylor. By Kevin Williams and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / NYT
Florida just expanded private school choice. Here’s what it could mean for public education. By Laura Pappano / Huffpost
