National News
Son of Chicago cop, home from college to surprise his sick mom, killed in ‘mistaken identity’ shooting – Katie Mattler / Wash Post
White Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race – Donovan X. Ramsey / Salon
The Easiest Way to Get Rid of Racism? Just Redefine It – Greg Howard / NYT
On its face, inviting a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan onto your radio show is a risky proposition with very little upside….
Milwaukee’s staggering black-white economic divide – Tanzina Vega / CNN
The ongoing protests and violence that have occurred over the past several days in Milwaukee are about more than the police killing of Sylville Smith….
A Nation of Second Chances : President Obama’s Record on Clemency / The White House
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Latinos and the New American Majority – Manuel Pastor / Dissent
How Donald Trump’s bizarre voter-watch effort could get the GOP in trouble – Philip Bump / Wash Post
Echoes of Jim Crow for Sparta Voters in Georgia – The Editorial Board / NYT
The disastrous Supreme Court ruling that crippled the Voting Rights Act three years ago has emboldened aggressive new attempts at voter suppression by local officials…
John Lewis marches on: “Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America” – Philip Eil / Salon
The Horror of the Baltimore Police Department – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today – Joshua Holland / The Nation
Beyond Integration: How Teachers Can Encourage Cross-Racial Friendships – Kendra Yoshinaga / NPR
The group that seriously outearns white men – Danielle Paquette / Wash Post
The Power of Looking, from Emmett Till to Philando Castile – Allyson Hobbs / The New Yorker
How Asian Americans Became Democrats – Kathick Ramakrishnan / American Prospect
Black Women and the Carceral State – Gabriel Winant / Dissent
Sometime around 1910 in rural Georgia, a woman named Emma Wimms shot and killed a man named Raymond High. Wimms had confronted High about his…
Trump Rhetoric, Police Brutality Videos Give White Folks New Perception of Racism in the U.S. – Tanasia Kenney / AtlantaBlackStar
The tyranny of a traffic ticket : How small crimes turn fatal for poor, minority Americans – German Lopez / Vox
When Philando Castile was pulled over in July, it was at least his 46th traffic stop — almost all related to fairly minor traffic violations….
The Nostalgia Voter Facing the End of White Christian America – Robert P. Jones / Alternet
This Is How Trump Convinces His Supporters They’re Not Racist – Ian Haney-Lopez / The Nation
Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls – Michael Wines / NYT
6 Major GOP Voting Restrictions Have Been Blocked in 2 Weeks – Ari Berman / The Nation
Courage and Sacrifice : The story of a captive people who freed themselves and freed their jailers – Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Every nation has sacred places, where history has stopped and lingered, and visitors are hushed by memories of redemptive sacrifice. One is the balcony outside…
Inside Hip-Hop’s New Activist Era ( Support for BLM) – David Peisner / Rolling Stone
What Does Black Lives Matter Want? We Now Have It In Writing – Dani McClain / The Nation
Preacher Brings Down The House At The Democratic Convention – Laurel Raymond / Think Progress
