National News
Venus Williams, a Car Accident, and the Outrageous Police Response – Dave Zirin / The Nation
Black Homeowners Struggle as Housing Market Recovers / Associated Press
Beyond ‘nerds’ and ‘ninjas,’ slow progress for Asian actors in Hollywood -Lisa Respers France / CNN
What We Know — And Don’t Know — About Hate Crimes in America – Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica
‘The ghetto is the gallery’: black power and the artists who captured the soul of the struggle – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Study: cities rely more on fines for revenue if they have more black residents – German Lopez / Vox
In the Face of Racism and Poverty Black Parents Struggle To Support Their Children in Achieving Academic Success – Gus T. Renegade / Atl Black Star
KKK Charlottesville Rally of Around 50 People Met by More Than 1,000 Protesters – Daniel Politi / Slate
Sally Hemings wasn’t Thomas Jefferson’s mistress. She was his property – Britni Danielle / Wash Post
Arizona Republicans Banned Mexican American Studies. The Fight Is Now Back in Court – Edwin Rios / Mother Jones
Mississippi Judges Can No Longer Target Blacks and Others with Unfair Bail Practices – Cecilia Smith / Atl Black Star
Jefferson’s children: Slavery, citizenship and family at Monticello – Lucian K. Truscott / Salon
Jeff Sessions Does Not Have All the Power – Issac Chotiner / Slate
Trump Can’t Reverse the Decline of White Christian America – Robert P. Jones / The Atlantic
NRA Issues Call for White Supremacy and Armed Insurrection – Bill Moyers and Michael Winship / Bill Moyers and Co.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: what was done back then—and where we are now – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Trump Administration Is Planning an Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
In a divided America, James Baldwin’s fiery critiques reverberate anew – Lavanya Ramanathan / Wash Post
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
American Dignity on the Fourth of July – David Remnick / The New Yorker
GOP Health Care Plan Crushes Working-Class Blacks and Whites, but Not the Middle-Class Whites Who Elected Trump – Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
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
Philando Castile’s Family Reaches $3 Million Settlement – Eric Miller / Reuters via The Daily Beast
