National News
Debt and the Racial Wealth Gap – Paul Kiel / NYT
Why Police Are So Violent Toward Black Men ( An ex-cop) – Leon Neyfakh and Aaron Wolfe / Slate
Young black men killed by US police at highest rate in year of 1,134 deaths – Jon Swaine, Oliver laughland, Jamiles lartey, and Ciara McCarthy / theguardian
Rosewood massacre a harrowing tale of racism and the road toward reparations – Jessica Glenza / theguardian
From Inspiring to Polarizing – Robert Samuels / Wash Post
America’s self-destructive whites – Fareed Zakaria / Wash Post
The Paranoid Style of American Policing – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
White Police are Killing Black Kids – Brittney Cooper / Salon
The Year When Students of Color Put Campuses on Notice – Jailyn Gladney / The Nation
2015: The Year in Race Relations – Tyler Bishop / The Atlantic
It’s been devastating: Former NFL players count the cost of concussions – Rory Carroll / The Guardian
December 25, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan is Formed – Richard Kreitner / The Nation
We Have Lincoln Wrong : Our Greatest Lincoln Historian Explains – Harold Holzer and Norton Garfinkle / Salon
A disproportionate number of black victims in fatal traffic stops – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
Choose Your Own Identity – Bonnie Tsui / NYT
Yellowface and racism against Asians is just as important as other prejudice – Carmen Fishwick / The Guardian
The New Attack on Hispanic Voting Rights – Jim Rutenberg / NYT
The Real Reason Sandra Bland Got Locked Up – Debbie Nathan / Salon
Steph Curry, Fellow NBA Stars Call For End to Gun Violence – Marina Fang / Huff Post
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away From Comic Book Bigotry, Black and Queer Heroes Rule – Miles E. Johnson / Mother Jones
What I Learned This Semester at Yale (Students of Color are not Separatist…) – Daniel Judt / The Nation
Confederate Monuments Will Come Down in New Orleans – Kevin M. Levin / The Atlantic
How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action – Sigal Alon / The Nation
White guys are killing us: Toxic, cowardly masculinity, our unhealable national illness – Chauncey Devega / Salon
What Israel Tells Us About Affirmative Action and Race – Sigal Alon / NYT
Islamophobia and Black American Muslims – Margari Hill / Huff Post
