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…
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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…
Black People More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Study Shows – Niraj Chokshi / NYT
Supreme Court Sides With Latino Man Who Says He Didn’t Get a Fair Trial – Lawrence Hurley / Huff Post
Confronting Academia’s Ties to Slavery – Jennifer Schuesslser / NYT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1976, archivists at Harvard’s natural history museum opened a drawer and discovered a haunting portrait of a shirtless enslaved man named…
GOP bill could dismantle one of nation’s most robust school desegregation efforts – Emma Brown / Wash Post
LOUISVILLE — A remarkable experiment in school desegregation has thrived for four decades in this Kentucky city and its suburbs, surviving fierce resistance from the…
What if the Court in the Loving Case Had Declared Race a False Idea? Brent Staples – NYT
Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia struck a resonant historical note last year when he proclaimed June 12 “Loving Day,” in commemoration of Loving v. Virginia,…
Racial diversity is rising in America’s suburban public schools, and many institutions are struggling to provide necessary resources – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
Trump’s Tentative First Step Toward Black Voters – Graham Vyse / New Republic
The Sessions Effect: Trump DOJ Reverses Course In Major Texas Voter ID Case – Alice Ollstein / Talkingpointsmemo
Stephen Bannon and Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, have long shared a vision for remaking America – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
One night in September 2014, when he was chief executive of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon hosted cocktails and dinner at the Washington townhouse where he…
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Many Americans might not know the more polemical side of race writing in our history. The canon of African-American literature is well established. Zora Neale…
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield: America’s First Black Pop Star – Adam Gustafson / The Conversation
Hartford, Conn., has revamped its schools to attract a rich mix of students in a voluntary desegregation program – Simon Montlake / Christian Sci Monitor
There’s no going back: Racial, ethnic diversity is on the rise in American communities – Jennifer Van Hook and Barrett Lee / The Conversation
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Transgender: What does it mean? After Trump rolls back protections, an explainer – Mary Bowerman / USA Today
St. Louis Responds to a Rise in Anti-Semitism – Daniel A. Gross / The New Yorker
On Monday, more than a hundred and fifty gravestones were found damaged or toppled at a historic Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. As soon as…
Supreme Court tosses out racist death sentence – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
What Is the Community Doing to Address Chicago’s Gun Violence? David Love / Atlanta Black Star
A history of sanctuary cities: How Black Americans protected fugitive slaves – Barbara Krauthamer / Salon
The Black Activist Who Fought Against D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” – Richard Brody / The New Yorker
The Betsy DeVos cartoon saga was an unintentional reminder of the staying power of white nationalism – Jenee Desmond-Harris / Vox
The Failure of Race-Blind Economic Policy – Adia Harvey Wingfeld / The Atlantic
After Donald Trump’s presidential victory, many left-leaning politicians and commentators started considering what sort of message would help them regain political power. Given the clear…
