National News
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
Mayoral Candidate in Jackson Hopes to Shake Up the Status Quo – Sarah Jaffe / Bill Moyers
The war on drugs is racist. Donald Trump is embracing it with open arms – Steven W Thrasher / The Guardian
How the Right-Wing Koch and DeVos Families Are Funding Hate Speech on College Campuses Across the U.S – Alex Kotch / Alternet
Fake Working Class : The muted response to the retail apocalypse shows which workers count in Trump’s America – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
‘We’re truly sorry’: Fla. apologizes for racial injustice of 1949 ‘Groveland Four’ rape case – Katie Mettler / Wash Post
Did racism or a longing for authoritarian leadership elect Donald Trump? The right answer is both – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
David Grann’s New Book Explores a Time When Killing Native Americans Wasn’t Murder – Lewis Beale / The Daily Beast
This Horrific Georgia Brutality Footage Shows How Bad Cops Cover for Each Other – Jeremy Stahl / Slate
DeVos’ Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White – Vivian Lam / Huff Post
Enslaved man who helped build U-Va. has a building named for him – Linda Wheeler / Wash Post
Here’s How Jeff Sessions Is Preparing To Pack U.S. Prisons With Bodies – Christopher Brauchli / Huff Post
Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk – Julia Angwin et al / Propublica
Why Spicer Didn’t Count the Jewish Gas Victims – Michael Daly / The Daily Beast
Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson plans a lynching memorial in Alabama – Curtis Bunn / The Undefeated
For White America, It’s ‘Happy Days’ Again – Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone
What Mississippi Taught Bobby Kennedy About Poverty – Ellen B. Meacham / NYT
Texas voter ID law was designed to discriminate against minorities, judge rules – Paul J. Weber / Wash Post
Sonia Sotomayor: Not Everyone Can Just Pull Themselves ‘Up By The Bootstraps’ – Carolina Moreno / Huff Post
‘It Did Not Stick’: The First Federal Effort to Curb Police Abuse – Sheryl Gay Stolberg / NYT
America’s forgotten crisis: over 50% of one Native American tribe are homeless – Julian Brave NoiseCat / The Guardian
Why black lives still matter – Peniel E. Joseph / New Republic
