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Hollywood’s Complex History Of Portraying Slavery On Screen -Zeba Bay / Huff Post
The Birth of a Nation” reminds us how depictions of slavery reflect how we think about race. When the first trailer for Nate Parker’s “The…
Racism Got You Stressed? That May Be Holding Kids Back at School, Too – Benjamin Ryan / The Nation
New research suggests the experience of bias alters our hormones in ways that widen the academic achievement gap. An onslaught of videos depicting African Americans shot…
Fox News’ stunningly racist interview in Chinatown won’t do any favors for Donald Trump – Esther Yu His Lee / ThinkProgress
The Movement to End Racist Voting Laws – The Editorial Board / NYT
Supreme Court, like the country, struggles with race – Joan Biskupic / CNN
The Widening Racial Wealth Divide – James Surowlecki / The New Yorker
Questions Of Race And Charter Schools Divide Education Reformers – Anya Kamenetz / NPR
Trump appears to tell supporters to form roving voter intimidation squads – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’ – John Nichols / The Nation
The many shapes of black space at D.C.’s African-American museum – Lonnae O’Neal / The Undefeated
Reid Congratulates GOP For Eight Years Obstructing The First Black President – Michael McAuliff / Huff Post
WASHINGTON — With Congress set to flee town until after the November elections, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the Senate floor Thursday…
Big News! Joy Reid Brings Great Ratings To MSNBC – Frances Langum / Crooks and Liars
A Wide Gulf Persists Between Black And White Perceptions Of Policing – Sonari Glinton / NPR
I Won’t Be Silent’: Serena Williams on the Fear of Driving While Black – Christine Hauser / NYT
Clinton on fatal police shootings: ‘Protecting all of God’s children’ a duty – Associated Press / The Guardian
Frequent Exposure to Shootings of Black People Can Cause PTSD-Like Trauma, Research Says – Tanasia Kenney / Atlanta Black Star
Understanding the Legacy of the Attica Prison Uprising – Lewis M. Steel / The Nation
What Donald Trump Got Wrong on Stop-and-Frisk – Jim Dwyer / NYT
U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel – Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
Donald Trump Refuses To Apologize To Black Community For Birtherism: ‘I Say Nothing’ – Arthur Delaney / Huff Post
Charlotte street protests: Where the new South meets the old South – Patrik Jonsson / Christian Sci Monitor
How Did Chicago Get So Violent? Leon Neyfakh / Slate
Lonnie Bunch: Even if you’re white, ‘the story of slavery is still your story’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Read President Obama’s Dedication At America’s First National Museum For Black History – Sam Levine / Huff Post
Restoring Black History : The National Museum of African American History and Culture – Henry Louis Gates Jr. / NYT
Meet the Horde of Neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and Other Extremist Leaders Endorsing Donald Trump – David Neiwert and Sarah Posner / Mother Jones
Donald Trump wants to bring back the “tough on crime” policies that helped cause mass incarceration – German Lopez / Vox
Trump hasn’t always been very specific when it comes to criminal justice policy. But there have been some very big clues. For the past few…