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….
National News
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
