“The Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk.”

Echoes of the past. A reminder of the necessity of historically informed reporting.

Happening now outside Columbia University. Police are moving up toward campus where protesters are

U.S. President Joe Biden has no plans to abandon giving the commencement address at Morehouse College on May 19, White House officials said on Monday, shrugging off criticism from some faculty and students over his Israel policies. reuters.com/world/us/biden…

Portugal's government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. reuters.com/world/europe/p…

Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’

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Portugal must 'pay costs' of slavery and colonial crimes, president says reut.rs/3WvSi4P

The joy I feel when I see people winning and doing what they were meant to do.

Listen, the sisterhood among Detroit girlies is real. And I will always advocate for you! Congratulations on writing a phenomenal piece for Teen Vogue. You were made to write this story. teenvogue.com/story/mari-cop…

pub day hits different when you’re writing for your dream publication. i’ve been wanting to ✍🏾 for Teen Vogue since i was 12!!!

celebrate #EarthDay with me by reading my feature on Mari Copeny, the youth activist formally known as @littlemissflint. 🌍💦 teenvogue.com/story/mari-cop…

Thank you, my dear friend. Thank you for laying the foundation with your mentorship and leading the way for so many.❤️❤️

The Data Institute began because Sisi Wei & Lena V. Groeger saw an equity gap in training for data journalism. The intensive, free workshop has helped nearly 100 journalists since 2016, and this year’s program is July 8-19 in DC. Apply by April 25: cjddatainstitute.org

“If we look at Black women in the United States, we are many-fold worse than our closest comparators. We are failing Black women when it comes to maternal mortality. We are failing Black infants when it comes to infant mortality.”

This.

The University of Michigan School of Public Health estimates that air pollution kills more than 650 Detroiters a year — more than twice the number of residents killed by gun violence annually. metrotimes.com/news/environme…

Appreciate everyone who spoke with me for this story, including Verene A. Shepherd Brian Tamuka Kagoro Martin Okumu-Masiga Justin Hansford Makmid Kamara, and kudos to two amazing editors, Frank Jack Daniel and Kat Stafford

Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, with the United States backing a U.N. panel at the heart of the effort. reuters.com/world/slavery-…

This week’s episode of The Amendment is a conversation with Stacey Abrams, who is using her political imagination to counter the culture war narrative around DEI — which she frames as unfinished business in perfecting our democracy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️