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Viola Desmond, black woman who spurred end of segregation in Nova Scotia, now appears on Canada’s $10 bill – Amanda Coletta / Wash Post
‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down’ Reveals the Reality of Racism in America – Tamara Best / The Daily Beast
Going Native: Reasons to Be Thankful – Mark Anthony Rolo / The Progressive
Race Inquiry Digest (November 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Going Native: Reasons to Be Thankful. Every year at this time I wonder why we, as American Indians, bother to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Asian-Americans Favored Democrats By Far In Midterms: Exit Poll – Kimberly Yam / HuffPost
Stacey Abrams Effectively Ended Her Campaign But Refused to “Concede.” Watch Her Rousing Speech – Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
In Mississippi, Republican concern rises over a U.S. Senate runoff that should have been a romp – Matt Viser / Wash Post
White Women Who Vote GOP Aren’t ‘Voting Against Their Own Interests – Jessie Daniels / HuffPost
Trump Is Beginning to Lose His Grip – Stanley B. Greenberg / NYT
Why are some Americans changing their names? Kirsten Fermaglich / The Conversation
How to Remember Reconstruction – Gregory P. Downs and kate Masur / NYT
From slavery to possible sainthood: The story of America’s first black priest -DeNeen L. Brown / NYT
These are the 15 worst cities for black Americans – Samuel Stebbins and Evan Comen / USA Today
Slow motion civil war. Donald Trump isn’t our president; he is the Jefferson Davis of a new red state confederacy – Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (November 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Slow motion civil war. Donald Trump isn’t our president; he is the Jefferson Davis of a new red state confederacy.
Trumpism Is Racism, So Things Will Get Worse – Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Hate Was Not a Winning Ticket – Michelle Chen / Dissent
Want proof that voting matters? Chauncey Devega / Salon
Do the Math. Moderate Democrats Will Not Win in 2020 – Steve Phillips / NYT
How a Difficult, Racist, Stubborn President Was Removed From Power – If Not From Office – David Priess / Politico
Filmmaker James Stern on the era of “American Chaos”: “Worst situation since the Civil War” (Official Trailer)
Democrats can’t continue to neglect Latinos and expect their votes – Ricardo Ramirez / The Guardian
Trump refuses to acknowledge the fraught history of nationalism – Anne Gearan / Wash Post
How Trump’s presidency has divided Jewish America – Ed Vulliamy / The Guardian
The FBI recorded a surge of hate crimes last year. But it undercounted — by a lot – Arjun Singh Sethi / Wash Post
Federal civil rights group urges Trump administration to increase scrutiny of local police – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
