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How two of L.B.J.’s least celebrated accomplishments shaped the battle between Clinton and Trump – Kevin Baker / NYT
Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin (Trickledown Economics and Colorblindness) – Felicia Wong and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation
Latino and Hispanic identities aren’t the same. They’re also not racial groups – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Point Taken: Should the U.S. Pay Reparations to Black Americans? NPR Video
The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” wrote William Faulkner, in Requiem for a Nun. Though Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation put an end to…
Dwyane Wade’s cousin Nykea Aldridge killed; 2 brothers charged – Ralph Ellis and Vivian Kuo / CNN
For black communities the question of ‘who you gonna call’ is real – Thandisizwe Chimurenga / Daily Kos
Americans are supposed to turn to police after a murder. In black communities, they often can’t – German Lopez / Vox
A veteran crime reporter explains how police under- and overpolice black Americans. Read more here
Mothers fighting Chicago gun violence one block at a time – Sher Watts Spooner / Daily Kos
3 dead, 23 wounded in Chicago shootings from Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning – Megan Crepeau and Denanese Williams-Harris / Chicago Tribune
Making a Home for Black History : The vision and the challenges behind a new museum on the National Mall – Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
The disturbing dawn of the alt-right: Donald Trump’s the leader of a dark movement in America – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Why Trump And The White Supremacist Alt-Right Are Threats To Democratic Values – And Our National Security – Robert Creamer / Huff Post
Hillary Clinton’s full remarks in Reno, Nevada / Politico and You Tube
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump’s support of the “alternative-right” movement is “taking hate groups mainstream.” She delivered a blistering denunciation of Donald Trump’s personal and political history…
Donald Trump’s Description of Black America Is Offending Those Living in It – Richard Fausset, Alan Blinder and John Eligon / NYT
Harry Belafonte weighs in on Nate Parker and his new film – Mesfin Fekadu / Wash Post
A Judge Blocked North Carolina’s Plan To Suppress Black Voters. The GOP Found A Way To Do It Anyway. – Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress
Chicago’s Inescapable Segregation – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
I Have a Black Son in Baltimore’: Anxious New Parents and an Era of Unease – Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
“There was a market for white resentment”: Tim Wise on Trump, David Duke and the bigotry that’s risen from the shadows – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Read or listen: Interview with Tim Wise about what the Trump phenomenon portends for the future of U.S. politics. Read or listen here.
Prosecutors say Dylann Roof ‘self-radicalized’ online, wrote another manifesto in jail – Mark Berman / Wash Post
America’s Pay Gap Could Cost Black Women More Than $1 Million – Catherine Pearson / Huff Post
When enslaved people sued Georgetown’s founders for freedom – William G. Thomas III / Wash Post
Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill
A New York Times bestseller “An impassioned analysis of headline-making cases….Timely, controversial, and bound to stir already heated discussion.” —Kirkus Reviews “A thought-provoking and important…
Whether the establishment likes it or not, white nationalists still power the Trump train – Alex Kotch / Salon
Trump’s Outreach to Black Voters Isn’t About Black Voters – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Trump’s real endgame: A white nationalist media empire? Greg Sargent / Wash Post
