National News
Our Drug Laws Have Always Been Racist: America’s Ugly History of Prohibition as a Tool to Oppress Minorities – David Bearman / Alternet
Affluent and Black, and Still Trapped by Segregation – John Eligon and Robert Gebeloff / NYT
Why well-off black families end up living in poorer areas than white families with similar or even lower incomes. MILWAUKEE — Their daughter was sick…
Racial Violence in Milwaukee Was Decades in the Making, Residents Say – John Eligon / NYT
The Legacy of Lynching, on Death Row – Jeffrey Toobin / The New Yorker
In Alabama, Bryan Stevenson is saving inmates from execution and memorializing the darkest episodes of America’s past. In 1989, a twenty-nine-year-old African-American civil-rights lawyer named…
The Breitbart alt-right just took over the GOP – Ben Shapiro / Wash Post
“This man is the most dangerous political operative in America. Steve Bannon runs the new vast right-wing conspiracy – and wants to take down Hillary…
A look inside the training the White House thinks could stop the police shooting, protest, damning DOJ report cycle – Janell Ross / Wash Post
So Much For Dog Whistles. Trump Has Now Fully Embraced White Nationalists – Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress
Son of Chicago cop, home from college to surprise his sick mom, killed in ‘mistaken identity’ shooting – Katie Mattler / Wash Post
