National
Florida Republicans want to block removal of Confederate monuments. By Gary Fineout / Politico
Efforts to memorialize lynching victims divide American communities. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
Black Americans aren’t enthusiastic about reparations yet. Here’s why. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
One More Time: Why Diversity Leads To Better Team Performance. By Ron Carucci / Forbes Image by HCM
Donald Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m in defamation trial. By Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian
Don’t let Trump’s primary dominance deceive you. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
In South Carolina, Biden Tries to Persuade Black Voters to Reject Trump. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
Trump seeks to have GA election fraud case tossed over DA alleged affair. By Josh Meyer / USA Today
Conservatives are blaming DEI for broken planes. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
What Removing Sociology as a Core-Course Option Means for Florida’s Students. By Beckie Supiano / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
GOP Invokes Nullification In Border Standoff Between The U.S. And Texas. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
New Study Shows The U.S. Black Population Growth In 20 Years. By Sharelle Burt / Black Enterprise
One in six Black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Early detection is key to saving lives. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
Julius Becton, Army general who led FEMA and D.C. schools, dies at 97. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Black Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza. By Maya King / NYT
Leonard Leo, architect of conservative Supreme Court, takes on wider culture. By Heidi Schlumpf / NCR
91 Years in a Segregated Mental Institution. By Linda Villarosa / NYT
Black Mothers and the Birth Control Movement. By Destiny Crockett / AAIHS
The Senate’s only Black Republican now loves Trump. It’s not a good look. By Lz Granderson / LA Times
Notoriously Conservative 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals Was Once A Leader In Expanding Civil Rights. By Jonathan Entin / TPM
Tips for White Liberals Who Want to Be Anti-Racist During Black History Month. By Skyler Higley / The New Yorker
Trump Is a Combination of Every Threat We Have Ever Faced in Our History. By David Rothkopf and Bernard Schwartz / The New Republic
Trump’s criminal rebrand of the Republican Party is complete. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Nikki Haley’s Problem: Her Party Is Nuts. By Will Saletan / The Bulwark
Ron DeSantis ends the most humiliating presidential run in history with one final disgrace. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
How the Fani Willis allegations could hit the Trump Georgia case. By Ella Lee / The Hill
There’s finally a Clarence Thomas ethics inquiry underway. By Dennis Aftergut and Austin Sarat / Slate
The Campaign Against D.E.I By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / The New Yorker
Journalists of color hit hard by L.A. Times layoffs. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62. By AP and NPR
