Nat Turner’s Skull and My Student’s Purse of Skin – Daina Ramey Berry / NYT
This month, Richard Hatcher, a former mayor of Gary, Ind., delivered what researchers suspect is the skull of Nat Turner, the rebel slave, to Turner’s…
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Report finds racial bias in facial recognition technology – Jeff Stone / Christ Sci Monitor
A short history of white people rigging elections – Dara Lind / Vox
The Price We Paid: Race, Reparative Justice and the Drug War – Dionna King / The Root
How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
In 2004, 57 police officers of different races were divided into two groups for a simple experiment. Half of them were shown two photo lineups,…
Police surveillance of black protesters won’t stop the movement – Lauren C. Williams / ThinkProgress
For Fairer Courts, Address Prosecutor Bias – Shima Baughman, Christopher Robertson and Sunita Sah / New Republic
This Persistent Myth About Native Americans Needs Debunking – Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker / Alternet
Review Finds San Francisco Police Disproportionately Targeted Minorities – Eyder Peralta / NPR
In the Age of Trump White Millennials Shatter Idea That Young People Are Progressive – David Love / Atl Black Star
The white flight of white nationalist Derek Black – Eli Saslow / Wash Post
The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity — Then Lost Her Job – Ruth Graham / NYT Magazine
When Larycia Hawkins, the first black woman to receive tenure at Wheaton College, made a symbolic gesture of support for Muslims, the evangelical college became…
Michelle Obama: ‘Going High’ Means Remaining Outraged – Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic
Asian-Americans Continue To Drift Away From The GOP, But It’s A Complicated Story – Kat Chow / NPR
The formerly incarcerated are facing crippling prison debt when they get out, and it needs to stop – Larry Schwartztol and Abby Shafroth / Slate
Donald Trump’s strategy for minority Americans? Don’t let them vote – The Editorial Board / The Wash Post
Go Back to China’: Readers Respond to Racist Insults Shouted at a New York Times Editor – Michael Luo / NYT
How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
For 15-year-old Zion Agostini, the start of each school day is a new occasion to navigate a minefield of racial profiling. From an early age,…
Donald Trump’s confused portrait of black America – Danny Vinik / Politico
A Great Fight of Our Times – Is Progress at Risk for African American Families? David Leonhardt / NYT
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Black Power Movement – Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi Woodward / The New Press via Alternet
Donald Trump’s unbelievable new statement about the Central Park 5 – Aaron Ruper / ThinkProgress
Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2016 – German Lopez / Vox
Prison Uprisings, From Attica to Today – Tim Barker / Dissent
Since September 9, thousands of prisoners in at least twenty-four states across the country have joined a series of strikes and protests demanding “an end…
Alabama’s Failure of Moral Turpitude – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
The perfect spot for a reckoning with Reconstruction – Gregory P. Downs and Kate Masur
The Perversion of Pepe the Frog – Jeet Heer / New Republic
