Black Wall Street’s rebirth, 100 years after Tulsa massacre

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<p>With several Republican-run states introducing controversial legislation dealing with voting access, Democrats are trying to push back at the federal level. <a href="https://apple.news/AiAUBZdU5SwCcTcyG0aZHaQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> looks at the challenges they face in moving forward with a voting-rights bill.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ARlu0Pr3gT3OHXHBIffkoZQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> reports on President Biden&rsquo;s decision to allow more refugees into America, along with the political impact.</p> <p>While landlords are often cast as villains, many property owners rely on rent payments to feed their families. For the <a href="https://apple.news/AuVzVNrvkSNel7n-bXmB8Kw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a>, Eli Saslow talks to one &ldquo;small landlord&rdquo; who risks falling into bankruptcy because of the pandemic housing crisis.</p> <p>The Tulsa Race Massacre took place 100 years ago this month. <a href="https://apple.news/Aj-s2AJrcRwSBJ5U1JbwSVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Essence</a> says many of the Black-owned businesses that were destroyed in the atrocity were subsequently rebuilt, and details the ongoing work to preserve the history of Black Wall Street.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Adye5fKZmSFuQWt7Ql3PVdg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> visits a Japanese city that takes New York&ndash;style cheesecake so seriously it has a rigorous government-certification process to make sure restaurants are making it right.</p>