National News
The Double Battle: Frederick Douglass’s moral crusade – Eric Foner / The Nation
Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test raises fraught questions of Native American identity, tribes say – Erik Ortiz and Angel Torres / NBC News
Louisiana voters will have a chance to strike down a Jim Crow law this November – German Lopez / Vox
Voter-Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump – Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Analysis: Brian Kemp has purged over 300,000 voters from Georgia rolls – Shira Tarlo / Salon
Stone Mountain: The Largest Confederate Monument Problem in the World – Richard Fausset / NYT
A new study reveals the real reason Obama voters switched to Trump – Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Historian Explains Sears’ Surprisingly Radical Role in Dismantling Jim Crow Laws – Alex Henderson / AlterNet
The Origins of Prison Slavery – Shane Bauer / Slate
In a Mississippi Restaurant, Two Americas Coexist Side by Side – Susan Chira and Ellen Ann Fentress / NYT
Georgia Governor’s Race Is Epic Showdown Over Voting Rights – Cameron Joseph / Talkingpointsmemo
Why Are Black Women Less Likely To Stick With A Breast Cancer Follow-Up Treatment? Mara Gordon / NPR
Where we live, block by block – Matthew W. Chwastyk, Kennedy Elliott and Ryan Morris / National Geographic
In Brazil and the US, democracy is at a crossroads – Jeffrey W. Rubin / The Guardian
7 things the United Daughters of the Confederacy might not want you to know about them – Kali Holloway / Salon
Russia Is Exploiting American White Supremacy Over and Over Again – Spencer Ackerman / Daily Beast
NC’s Rev. William Barber wins a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ and its $625K prize – David Menconi and Camila Molina / Newsobserver
15 Black Lives Ended in Confrontations With Police. 3 Officers Convicted – Jasmine C. Lee and Haeyoun Park / NYT
Driven by South’s Past, Black Women Seek Votes and a New Future – Susan Chira / NYT
White evangelicals are the only religious group to support Trump – Tara Isabella Burton / Vox
Georgia to be sued for purging minority voters ahead of the midterm elections – Kira Lerner / NPR
In Mississippi Senate race, an African American Democrat faces a Republican using a Confederate symbol – Cleve R. Woodson Jr. / Wash Post
Southern Diet Blamed For High Rates Of Hypertension Among Black Americans – Maanvi Singh / NPR
‘The end of our journey’: A historic black church closes its doors in a changing D.C. – Deneen L. Brown / Wash Post
Candidate who could be 1st Native woman in Congress will ‘speak up for the folks who have struggled’ – Jessica Sutherland /
The Year The Networks Finally Embraced Diversity – Kate Aurthur / Buzzfeed
