National
From fasting to pregame prayers: how religion shapes the NBA. By Jacob Uitti / The Guardian
AME Bishop Silvester Beaman named chair of White House council on African engagement. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Indigenous Peoples Day offers a reminder of Native American history − including the scalping they endured at the hands of Colonists. By Chriatoph Strobel / The Conversation
Florida’s History of African Resistance. By Brian G. / Momentum
The Musical Legacy of a Mississippi Prison Farm. By Hanif Abdurraqib / The New Yorker
Howard University hosts banned book authors to discuss censorship. By Takier George / Andscape
Mary E. Pleasant: Reshaping the Landscape of Segregation in California. By E. Nicole Vines / AAIHS
A Political Standoff Over Affirmative Action. By Liam Knox / Inside Higher Education
Joe Biden Slams Plans By Trump And ‘MAGA Extremists’ To Gut Democratic Institutions. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
The Case for Being Skeptical of Trump’s Huge Lead. By Walter Shapiro / TNR
White People Love Tim Scott For Downplaying Racism: Polls. By Zack Linly / Newsone
The Court’s Affirmative-Action Ban Is a Gift in Disguise. By Feisal G. Mohammed / Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Tesla workers faced slurs, racist graffiti and retaliation, federal suit says. Anumita Kaur / Wash Post
After lawsuit, a town elects first Black leaders in its 200-year history. By Joe Heim and Erin Cox / Wash Post
For Black Mothers, Birthing Centers, Once a Refuge, Become a Battleground. By Emily Baumgaertner / NYT
What we know about the flash-mob-style ransacking in Philadelphia. By Timothy Bella and Ben Brasch / Wash Post
The fruit of the Spirit is not optional, despite what you might witness online. By Karen Swallow Prior / RNS
I Want To Attend Racially-Mixed Churches, Not All-White Republican Churches. By Julie Nichols / Patheos
Black Catholics have made their mark in the history of American music. By Nate Tinner-Williams / NCR
The Man Who Became Uncle Tom. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
America Helped My Ancestors Flee Antisemitism. The Lakota Paid the Price. By Rebecca Clarren / Politico
Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights era. By Marlee Bunch / The Conversation
How Black WWI veterans got their own VA hospital in Tuskegee. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Suspect arrested in Tupac Shakur killing from 1996. By Janay Kingsberry and Samantha Chery / Wash Post
Gen. Milley strikes back at Trump in farewell speech: “We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.” By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Trump committed fraud: Judge rules Trump Org. loan documents “clearly contain fraudulent valuations.” By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Biden makes history by joining striking autoworkers on the picket line. By Peter Nicholas / NBC News
SCOTUS tells Alabama it meant what it said the first time. By Joan Biskupic / CNN
Judge allows grant program for Black female entrepreneurs to continue. By Taylor Telford and Julian Mark / Wash Post
Clarence Thomas Should Not Get Away With It. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
