National News
White people have flocked back to city centers — and transformed them. By Tara Bahrampour Marissa J. Lang and Ted Mellnik / Wash Post
Following a Two-Year Decline, Suicide Rates Rose Again in 2021. By Ellen Barry / NYT
What is Black History Month in a white Christian nation? By Andrew Whitehead / RNS
Restoring Faith: historic Black churches nationwide receive grants for restoration. By Lester Holt / NBC News
The Christian Groups Fighting Against the Indian Child Welfare Act. By Kiera Butler / Mother Jones
We whose ancestors owned slaves want to make amends – but nations must also pay their due. By Alex Renton / The Guardian
School building for Black children in 1700s moves to Colonial Williamsburg. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
‘The Americans Got Together and Decided to Drown You in the River.’ By Danny Cherry Jr. / Politico
Biden Aims to Win Back White Working-Class Voters Through Their Wallets. By Jonathan Weisman / NYT
Mississippi House proposes law to create an all-white appointed court system in Jackson. By Rebekah Sager / Daily Kos
Why Black Families Are Leaving New York, and What It Means for the City. By Troy Closson and Nicole Hong / NYT
The White population count could decrease under a new Biden proposal. By Silvia Foster-Frau / Wash Post
The Astonishing Moral Beauty of Rev. Shuttlesworth and the Black Church. By Tish Harrison Warren / NYT
Indianapolis Black Catholic parish recognized for historical, cultural impact. By Natalie Hoefer / NCR
“Indigenous Continent” Flips American History. By Sean T. Byrnes / The New Republic
Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist. By Ian Zack / NYT
The brave, forgotten Kansas lunch counter sit-in that helped change America. By Kate Torgovnick May/ Wash Post
Striving Toward Freedom and Black Pittsburgh. By Hettie Williams / AAIHS
Alabama community rallies in support of a Black author after school district cancels Black History Month event. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Outrage follows Florida college presidents’ statement on CRT. By Sara Weissman / Inside Higher Ed.
The complex simplicity of Black cops and white supremacy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black caucus presses Biden to use the bully pulpit to push for police reform. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
Republicans Remove Ilhan Omar From House Foreign Affairs Committee. By Arthur Delaney / HuffPost
She Took On Atlanta’s Gangs. Now She May Be Coming for Trump. By Mark Binelli / NYT
The city left behind in Mississippi’s welfare scandal. By Matenzie Johnson / Andscape
Native Americans have experienced a dramatic decline in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic – but the drop has been in the making for generations. By Allison Kelliher / The Conversation
