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The Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter

New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups…

The Conversation

White genocide, white guilt and Trump

Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter

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Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump's order

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”

The Independent UK

‘There’s quite a similarity’: US civil rights pioneers warn of ‘surge backwards’ under Trump

They faced violence and racism as they fought on the frontlines for justice and equality. Now Trump is reversing the progress they toiled for

The Guardian - US

The Libertarian Pioneer Who Wrote for America's Biggest Black Newspaper

To Rose Wilder Lane, African Americans' achievements were all the more amazing given their disadvantaged starting point.

Reason

Small-town America's never-ending struggle to maintain its values hasn't always been good for US democracy

For better and worse, the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, has come to represent the overlooked cultural divisions between urban and small-town America.

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Why this is happening in Atlanta

A Black D.A. and a race-baiting white president are colliding in Atlanta — and it feels like the city's destiny

Salon

Oppression in the South Was Not an Expression of Freedom

Freedom's Dominion argues Southern history was animated by "racialized radical anti-statism." The case is lacking.

Reason

From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism

Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism.

The Conversation

Ditching a friend who is not like you can deepen social inequality

Since the 2016 presidential election, news accounts and scientific research have illustrated how defriending, a term originally associated with dropping Facebook friends, echoes in our broader, offline social lives. And what may seem like a simple decision to cut off a difficult relationship may actually deepen divisions in society.

The Conversation

Landmarks fall, memories fade. Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history

There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost.

WEKU

Today’s attacks on ‘critical race theory’ aim to perpetuate myth of white supremacy

This movement to suppress history is rooted in the “lost cause,” a false version of history promoted by white Southerners to erase the horrors of slavery and justify legal segregation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Threats of racial terror follow us today

My grandfather was brutalized for suing a white cop in Jim Crow Alabama. Here's what reporting the story taught me

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Brennan expert on America's big decision

"Our democracy will prove... that it's resilient," says Sean Morales-Doyle. But that won't be easy or painless

The Texas Tribune

More Black Americans live in Texas than any other state. Two years after George Floyd’s murder, many reconsider their future here.

In interviews, Black Texans expressed frustration over uneven progress, restrictions on teaching about racism in public schools and limitations on their political representation and voting access.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: ‘Reparations’ is another word for investing in America’s future

The new Juneteenth federal holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in our nation. That did not, however, emancipate Black people from the economic impact of their enslavement. Emancipation was followed by a failed Reconstruction, a century of Jim Crow, separate-but-(not)-equal, institutional racism and discrimination — the consequences of which…

The Conversation

Legacy of Jim Crow still affects funding for public schools

Nearly 70 years ago – in its 1954 Brown v. Board decision – the Supreme Court framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. It did not, however, challenge the lengths to which states went to ensure the unequal funding of Black schools.

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