National News
Harry Belafonte, calypso star and civil rights champion, dies at 96. By Alex Johnson and Diana Dasrath / NBC News
Muslim students lead protest for adequate prayer space at New York’s Baruch College. By Heerea Kaur Rikhraj / RNS
How has the Tree of Life shooting changed my life? One victim’s impact statement. By Beth Kissileff / RNS
Florida’s Catholic bishops criticize DeSantis for lowering death penalty threshold. By Kate Scanlon / NCR
Without Indigenous History, There Is No U.S. History. By Ned Blackhawk / Time
Black Soldiers and their Families’ Activism during the Antebellum Era. By Holly A. Pinheiro / AAIHS
Black And White Descendants Of Robert E. Lee Met For A Reunion At The Arlington House In Virginia. By Sharell Burt / Black Enterprise
The Enslaved Artisan Behind Thomas Jefferson’s Newly Restored Va. Estate. By J. Michael Welton / Wash Post
Tucker Carlson Brought TV Racism Into The 21st Century. By Matt Shuham and Christopher Mathias / HuffPost
DeSantis’s plan to starve college diversity efforts advances in Florida. By Jack Stripling / Wash Post
The Clarence Thomas Scandal Is About More Than Corruption. By Corey Robin / Politico
After Front Door Shooting, Kansas City Grapples With Race. By Mitch Smith / NYT
Hopelessness about the future is a key reason some Black young adults consider suicide, new study finds. Janelle R. Goodwell / The Conversation
Pastor Franklyn Richardson: ‘Black Church cannot be understood separately from civil rights movement.’ By Leonard Blair / Christian Post
Christian nationalists have provoked a pluralist resistance. By Ruth Braunstein / RNS
Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states. By Marc Arsell Robinson / The Conversation
These Black Mothers Bet on Themselves and Transformed Las Vegas. By Annellise Orleck / Mother Jones
Kansas City Homeowner Is Charged In Shooting Of Black Teen. By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
Sen. Tim Scott Wants To Sell Unity To The Party Of White Grievance. Good Luck With That. By Michael Arceneaux / HuffPost
A Man Whom Trump Reviled Is Running for Office in Harlem. ‘Karma,’ He Says. By Mara Gay / NYT
The Unequal Racial Burdens of Rising Seas. By Emily Raboteau / NYT
Louisiana Republicans Want to Ban Colleges From Teaching About Racism. By Tori Otten / The New Republic
Black People Live Longer In Areas Where There Are More Black Doctors: Study. By Stacy Jackson / Black Enterprise
Howard Thurman: A Bridge Between Movements. By Tryce D. Prince / AAIHS
A fascist Jesus Christ: MAGA turns Donald Trump into a martyr. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
For embattled TN lawmakers, liberal faith movements were a training ground. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
