National News
Sweeping Federal Review Could Affect Consent Decrees Nationwide – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Eric Lichtblau / NYT
Diversity doesn’t make racism magically disappear – Daniel Jose Camacho / The Guardian
Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past – Collier Meyerson / The Nation
Rise in Hate Crimes Spurs States to Enhance Protections – Nikita Biryukov / NBC
Whether proudly assimilated or quietly undocumented, Indians are feeling the hostility of Trump’s America – Henry Grabar / Slate
When veterans become cops, some bring war home – Simone Weichselbaum and Beth Schwatzapfel / USA Today
White Flight Followed Factory Jobs out of Gary, Indiana—Black People Didn’t Have a Choice – Chris Arnade / The Guardian via Alternet
Civil Rights Icon, Historian Roger Wilkins Dead at 85 – Tanasia Kenney / Atl Black Star
New report details costs of segregation in Chicago – Henry Grabar / Slate
Two months out of office, Barack Obama is having a post-presidency like no other – Krissah Thompson and Juliet Eilperin / Wash Post
An Alabama Prison’s Unrelenting Descent Into Violence – Campbell Robertson / NYT
This article is very disturbing and excellently researched. However, there are no racial statistics of the inmate population presented. The Black community in Alabama represents…
Black Teachers Matter – Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones
White Supremacists Are Now Targeting High Schools – Jason Le Miere / Newsweek via Alternet
Why the white middle class is dying faster – Julia Belluz / Vox
Betsy DeVos’s “School Choice” Fallacy – Graham Vyse / New Republic
How Will Historically Black Colleges Fare Under Trump? Aria Bendix / The Atlantic
Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Has a Troubling Record on Civil Rights and Social Justice Issues – David Love / Atl Black Star
A ‘Stand Your Ground’ Expansion That Expands Inequality – Caroline Light / NYT
The University of Michigan’s Plan to Increase Diversity – Emily Deruy / The Atlantic
Why Black Families Struggle to Build Wealth – Gillian B. White / The Atlantic
Deportation of African and Other Black Immigrants Is Quietly Increasing And No One Is Taking Note – David Love / Atl Black Star
Although often not covered in the media, the African immigrant community is facing mass deportations in the era of Donald Trump. While the immigration debate…
What ‘white folks who teach in the hood’ get wrong about education – Kenya Downs / PBS
Columbia University associate professor Dr. Chris Emdin says the “white hero” narrative is setting up both teachers and students for failure. “There’s a teacher right…
A Republican Health Care Bill in Search of a Problem – The Editorial Board / NYT
Republican leaders in the House have been huddling over the last few days in a frantic search for enough votes to win passage of their…
Latinos Feel the Sting of Trump’s Presidency – Hector Tobar / The New Yorker
Jewish Institutions Face Another Wave of Bomb Threats – Brandon Elllington Patterson / Mother Jones
Trump’s election has created “safe spaces” for racists: Southern Poverty Law Center’s Heidi Beirich – Chauncey Devega / Salon
White Supremacists Step Up Recruiting on Campus, Report Says – Tamara Best / NYT
At Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., a printer, suspected to have been hacked, spurted out anti-Semitic fliers in January. At Central Michigan University in Mount…