National
Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Keckly, Dressmaker and Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln. By Nancy Wartik / NYT
Remembering Rosanell Eaton, An Outspoken Advocate for Voting Rights. By Leslie Ovalle / NPR
The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism and How U.S. Law Enforcement Ignored it. By Michael Barbaro, Ike Sriskandarajah, and Larissa Anderson / NYT
Oldest Institution of Southern Baptist Convention Reveals Past Ties to Slavery. By Adeel Hassan / NYT
After the DNA debacle, Elizabeth Warren’s outreach to minority communities makes a pivot. By Eugene Scott / Wash Post
Congress will have more Latino members than ever before. By Luis Alonso Lugo / Associated Press
HBCU Bennett College Could Close If It Can’t Raise $5 Million By February. By Ashleigh Atwell / Blavity
How activists are fighting racial disparities in school discipline. Mark R. Warren / The Conversation
The overlooked heroes of the civil rights movement. Remembering Howard Thurman and other forgotten activists. David B. Gowler / Wash Post
Lorraine Hansberry, American radical: She pushed RFK to make “a moral commitment” on civil rights. Imani Perry / Salon
Confederate plaque removed from W. Virginia county courthouse following vote. Joe Heim / Wash Post
Absentee-ballot fraud scandal speaks to wider issue of racism in North Carolina. Khushbu Shah / The Guardian
Minneapolis Confronts Its History of Housing Segregation. Henry Grabar / Slate
Beto O’Rourke sounding out prominent black Democrats as he ponders presidential bid. Garrett Haake and Mike Memoli / NBC News
Another Democrat gets a 2020 look: Andrew Gillum. Marc Caputo and Alex Thompson / Politico
Republicans are undermining democracy state by state. Russ Feingold / The Guardian
Mitch McConnell is personally denying Donald Trump a win that nearly everyone would celebrate. Sam Fulwood III / Thinkprogress
The Murder Case Seemed Solid. Here’s Why Jurors Would Not Convict. Jan Ransom / NYT
Native American imagery is all around us, while the people are often forgotten. Mark Trahant / National Geographic
Native American Lives Are Tragic, But Probably Not in the Way You Think. Terese Mailhot / Mother Jones
Smithsonian Adds Gallery Honoring Latino-American Culture. Peter Libbey / NYT
Large cities still segregated even as nation becoming more diverse. Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
Native Americans are recasting views of indigenous life – Tristan Antone and Daniella Zalcman / National Geographic
Yes, Jury Selection Is as Racist as You Think. Now We Have Proof – Ronald Wright / NYT
Florida’s ‘Groveland Four’ case was a horrific injustice. Gov. Rick Scott still hasn’t pardoned the falsely accused – Kyle Swenson / Wash Post
The First Step Act, prison reform and the deep roots of mass incarceration – Rachel Leah/ Salon
A Push For Diversity In Medical School Is Slowly Paying Off – Mara Gordon / NPR
What Gordon Parks Witnessed: The injustices of Jim Crow and the evolution of a great American photographer – David Rowell / Wash Post
America’s dark history of organized anti-Semitism re-emerges in today’s far-right groups – Bradley W. Hart / Salon
How white racism destroys black wealth – Christopher Imgraham / Wash Post
