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Oprah’s Book Club Changed the Game—and Created a New World for Black Readers Like Me. By Jamilah King / Mother Jones
The Glorious Return of Funk. By Nate Slaoan / NYT
2019 is the Year of the Black QB. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind. By Charlayne Hunter-Gault / PBS News Hour
Nearly 75% of African Americans support reparations for slavery. Only 15% of white Americans do, a poll says. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
With Plans To Pay Slavery Reparations, Two Seminaries Prompt A Broader Debate. By Tom Gjelten / NPR
Elijah Cummings: We are in a fight for the soul of our democracy. By Elijah E. Cummings / Wash Post
Trump has united different Latino generations on one thing — voting him out. By Gwen Aviles / NBC News
Democrats Have the Most Racially Diverse Field Ever. The Top Tier Is All White. By Astead W. Herndon and Jonathan Martin / NYT
In Milwaukee, an inner-city group tackles a key Democratic need: Turning out black voters. By Jenna Johnson / Wash Post
North Carolina’s Congressional Gerrymander Is Dead. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Michelle Obama Says White People Are ‘Still Running’ From Non-White and Immigrant Families. By Jeffery Martin / Newsweek
The FBI Spends a Lot of Time Spying on Black Americans. By Alice Speri / The Intercept
John Conyers, longest-serving African American Congressman, dies at 90. By David Cohen / Politico
Whose Side Is Clarence Thomas On. By Randall Kennedy / The Nation
HBCU black parents saddled with risky college student debt because of Parent Plus Loan. By Kimberly Jin and Sruthi Darbhamulla / USA Today
NCAA takes steps to allow college athletes to cash in on their fame. By David K. Li. / NBC News
Harriet Tubman Facts and Myths: How the Movie Tried to Get It Right. By Robert Ito / NYT
Dave Chappelle returns home to Washington to claim Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Sexual Violence Against Enslaved Men. By Kevin C. Quinn / AAIHS
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – 2019 is the Year of the Black QB. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
How Do the Trumpists Mobilize? Around White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism. By Sasha Abramsky / The Nation
Impeachment Polls Show Democrats Are Wooing the Wrong White People. By Steve Phillips / The Nation
Donald Trump, Life of a Zombie Party. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting’s anniversary shows what’s needed to defeat white terrorism. By Lev Golinkin / NBC News
How Lynching Became the Favorite Metaphor of Embattled, Powerful Men. By Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
