Chicago’s City Council officially renamed Congress Parkway to Ida B. Wells Drive Wednesday, making the prominent east-west artery the first downtown street named for a woman of color and honoring one of the city’s great activists.
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Black farmers say they were deliberately sold defective soybean seeds because of their race | The Washington Post
“We don’t have any white farmers coming forward and saying they were a victim of being given noncertified seeds.”
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(2017) White lawmaker warns black attorney she may ‘go missing’ if Confederate statues are threatened | The Washington Post
“To many necks they are red around here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
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Gun Control Activist Lucy McBath Wins Democratic Nomination for Congress | Mother Jones
McBath’s son, Jordan Davis, was murdered in 2012.
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The Welfare Boogeyman | The New York Times
The Trump administration wants to rebrand social programs that millions of Americans rely on as “welfare.” Will we fall for it?
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Essence and Queen Latifah Unveil $20 Million Fund for Artists of Color | Colorlines
The Essence Creators and Makers Fund will support artists who make content for women of color.
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The Democratic Party Apologizes to Black Voters | The Atlantic
The DNC’s bid to energize African American turnout this fall began with these words from Chairman Tom Perez in Atlanta: “I am sorry.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving the Atlantic | The Washington Post
Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving his position as a national correspondent for the Atlantic, a publication where he has emerged as one of the country’s top reporters and thinkers.
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Michelle Obama wades into the midterms | Politico
The new initiative will be nonpartisan, frustrating some Democrats who’d like the former first lady to hit the campaign trail for candidates.
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What Nelson Mandela Lost | The New York Times
The South African freedom fighter’s letters from prison remind us that the separation of families is the ultimate expression of state power.
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