National
Black women mayors: A rising force in major American cities. By Janell Ross / NBC News
As Cameras Track Detroit’s Residents, a Debate Ensues Over Racial Bias. By Amy Harmon / NYT
With A Growing Membership Since Trump, Black Gun Group Considers Getting Political. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
The Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper, Prints Last Copy. By Monica Davey and John Eligon / NYT
James Monroe Enslaved Hundreds. Their Descendants Still Live Next Door. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
As McConnell’s family shows, the legacy of slavery persists in most American lives. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Jay-Z’s Power Of T-Shaped Leadership. By Jason Wingard / Forbes
Racism: Milwaukee’s Public Health Emergency. By Isiah Holmes / The Progressive
Don’t forget this: Trump’s fans are loyal, and stuck with him through his Fourth of July fiasco. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Two Years Into Trump’s Presidency, Obama Remains a Top Target for Criticism. By Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman / NYT
The Supreme Court Just Legitimized a Cornerstone Element of Voter Suppression. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Elizabeth Warren Pitches Plan To Close Wage Gap For Women Of Color. By Alexis Arnold / HUffPost
The Justice Department Hasn’t Found a New Reason for the Census Citizenship Question—but Trump Has. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Joe Biden apologises for remarks about segregationist senators. By Martin Pengelly / The Guardian
2019 Belongs to Shirley Chisholm. By Jennifer Steinhauer / NYT
Ilhan Omar’s American story: It’s complicated. By Greg Jaffe and Souad Mekhennet / Wash Post
After 50 years, Asian American studies programs can still be hard to find. By Agnes Constante / NBC News
Inherently Unequal: The life and afterlife of Plessy v. Ferguson. By David Cole / The Nation
A Crime by Any Name. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
“The Long Southern Strategy”: How Southern white women drove the GOP to Donald Trump. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Proud Boys and Allies to Rally in D.C. to Capitalize on ‘Trumpstravaganza.’ By Will Sommer / Daily Beast
Civil Rights Groups Have Been Warning Facebook About Hate Speech In Secret Groups For Years. By Ariana Tobin / ProPublica
Florida makes the restoration of voting rights contingent on criminal debt payments. By Victoria Shineman / The Conversation
New Data Finds Black Homebuyers, Despite Their Income, Are More Than Twice as Likely Than Whites to Be Denied Mortgages. By Tanasia Kenney / AtlBlackStar
Kamala Harris and Classmates Were Bused Across Berkeley. The Experience Changed Them. By Nellie Bowles / NYT
“What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech. By Democracy Now
Kamala Harris Is Surging and Birtherism Is Back. By Will Sommer / Daily Beast
California to become first state to ban discrimination against natural hair. By Doha Madani and Janelle Griffith / NBC News
Supreme Court Hands GOP Big Victory on Gerrymandering, Ensuring “Massive Election Rigging.” By Ari Berman / Democracy Now
Not all Americans have a fair path to a good death – racial disparities are real. By Jason Ashe and Danielle L. Beatty Moody / The Conversation
