National News
‘This can’t happen by accident: The link between race and real estate’ – Emily Badger / Wash Post
Keeping Black Girls Off the Path to Prison – Allison Keys / The Root
The incredible explosion of slavery after 1790 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Teen Birth Rates Plummet For Hispanic And Black Girls – Jennifer Ludden / NPR
U.S. Preaches Human Rights Across The Globe, But Fails to Provide Black and Poor People a Basic Human Right – David Love / Atlblackstar
Flint Water Crisis: Obama To Visit As Residents Talk Environmental Racism At Civil Rights Hearings – Anya Wassenberg / Inquisitr
On the Fast Track to Adulthood With Limited Options – Emily Deruy / The Atlantic
Mississippi, the Two-Flag State – W. Ralph Eubanks / The New Yorker
How Segregation Has Persisted in Little Rock – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
The Racist Roots of Virginia’s Felon Disenfranchisement – Matt Ford / The Atlantic
African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton – Eric Foner / The Nation
Obama tackles criminal justice reform in weekly address – Susan Gardner / Daily Kos
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Erik Eckholm / NYT
Obama : A Virtual Museum of His Presidency / Wash Post
New Obamacare data shows how the struggles for economic justice and racial justice are connected – Ian Reifowitz / DailyKos
Georgetown and the Sin of Slavery – The Editorial Board / NYT
How Racism Sneaks Into Everyday Life – Jill Richardson / Alternet
Why Won’t Hollywood Cast Asian Actors? Keith Chow / NYT
‘Why Can’t Our Kids Go To School Together?’ Asks Board Member In Alabama – Dan Carsen / NPR
What Happened to Sandra Bland? Debbie Nathan / The Nation
To answer that question, you must begin way before she died in a Texas jail. Read more.
Who gets to borrow white privilege? This is what happens when an Asian-American cop kills an unarmed African-American – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Coverage of black female victims of police brutality falls short: Column – Meredith Clark / USA Today
How One Mississippi District Made Integration Work -Jackie Mader / Huff Post
Chicago After Laquan McDonald – Ben Austen / NYT
When School Districts Get Deliberate About Desegregation – Emily Deruy / The Atlantic
The Census Bureau Will Pay $15 Million For Racial Discrimination After The Recession – Carimah Townes / Think Progress
