National News
Jackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor – John Nichols / The Nation
A string of attacks on black women reminds us that racism is impossible to quantify – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
What Does It Take to Convict a Cop? Michael Sakolove / Mother Jones
American policing is broken. Here’s how to fix it. – German Lopez / Vox
Police story about why they gunned down an unarmed black ninth grader falls apart – E.A. Crunden / ThinkProgress
The Danger of Trump’s Civil War Ignorance – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
More Parents Of Color Think Racism Is Holding Back Their Children In School – Rebecca Klein / Huff Post
Prospects for black America about to get worse under Trump, report says – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
The Collapse of American Identity – Robert P. Jones / NYT
This Year’s May Day Protests Aren’t Just About Labor – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
A federal judge is letting an Alabama school district return to segregation – Matthew Roza / Salon
Ben Carson Is Proving to Be the Bizarre and Incompetent Secretary of Housing and Urban Development We Expected Him to Be – Alex Kotch / Alternet
The president’s racial demagoguery makes it easier for the GOP to sell tax giveaways to the wealthy. – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Black People Are Not All ‘Living in Hell’ – Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery – Anna Maria Barry-Jester / FiveThirtyEight
How Does Race Affect a Student’s Math Education? – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
The L.A. riots: ‘It’s important to remember what started it’ – Angel Jennings and Matt Hamilton / LA Times
Only 5 percent of Senate staffers are black. Congress needs the ‘Rooney Rule.’ – Don Bell / Wash Post
The Urgency of Ethnic Nationalism – David Leonhardt / NYT
Confederate memorials have no place in American society. Good riddance – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Blunt Talk: The Racist Origins of Pot Prohibition – Amanda Chicago Lewis / Rolling Stone
Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’ – DeNeen L. Brown / MSN
The Roots of Mass Incarceration – Kenneth Montgomery / Atl Black Star
Addicts Of Color Face A Slew Of Unique Obstacles To Recovery – Kevin Deutch / Huff Post
Working-class whites can’t handle their status as ‘the new minority’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Where Did All the Black Teachers Go? Brent Staples / NYT
