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Catholic university renews whites-only program for ‘analyzing whiteness’ – Toni Airaksinen / The College Fix
Rev. William Barber builds a moral movement – Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Wash Post
Trump’s Obama Obsession – Charles Blow / NYT
Watch – 6 years old and Desegregating a School – Bayete Ross Smith, Logan Jaffee and Samantha Quick / NYT
American Dignity on the Fourth of July – David Remnick / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (June 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights. In dismantling Obamacare and slashing Medicaid, Republicans would strike a blow against…
GOP Health Care Plan Crushes Working-Class Blacks and Whites, but Not the Middle-Class Whites Who Elected Trump – Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
The words ‘I thought my life was in danger’ allow police to kill black people without fear of reprisal – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Has the Southern Poverty law Center Lost Its Way? Ben Schreckinger / Politico
James Baldwin FBI Files: How the Author’s Fearlessness Led to a Decade Long Witch-hunt – Todd Burroughs / Atl Black Star
African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century – Leah Douglas / The Nation
Black Girls Are Viewed As Less Innocent Than White Girls Starting At Age 5: Study – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
Rising Star : The Making of Barack Obama
Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama’s formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from…
Philando Castile’s Family Reaches $3 Million Settlement – Eric Miller / Reuters via The Daily Beast
School Districts Fight Segregation on Their Own – The Editorial Board / NYT
The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights – Vann R. Newkirk / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (June 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie. Americans refuse to see their country as a place where racist politicians and judges maintain laws…
Rev. William Barber: Obamacare repeal would be the greatest moral failing since slavery – Jeff Stein / Vox
Jeff Sessions’ Ideas About Crime Are Totally Wrong—and the Consequences Can Be Tragic – Sophia Tesfaye / Salon via Alternet
Supreme Court Case Could Have Huge Impact on Who Wins Future Elections – David S. Cohen / Rolling Stone
Study: when it comes to detecting racial inequality, white Christians have a blind spot – Tara Isabella Burton / Vox
Past Voices – The Making of an Antislavery President – Eric Herschthal / New Republic
How Charlottesville, Virginia’s Confederate statues helped decimate the city’s historically successful black communities – Sophie Abromowitz et al / Slate
On Monument Avenue, Richmond will start recognizing its real history – Editorial Board / Wash Post
The Senate GOP Isn’t Fixing Health Care. It’s Waging Class War – Zoe Carpenter / The Nation
The Philando Castile jury was stacked with pro-gun, pro-cop, middle-aged white people – Kali Holloway / AlterNet via Salon
