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…
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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
Beyond Integration: How Teachers Can Encourage Cross-Racial Friendships – Kendra Yoshinaga / NPR
The group that seriously outearns white men – Danielle Paquette / Wash Post
The Power of Looking, from Emmett Till to Philando Castile – Allyson Hobbs / The New Yorker
How Asian Americans Became Democrats – Kathick Ramakrishnan / American Prospect
Black Women and the Carceral State – Gabriel Winant / Dissent
Sometime around 1910 in rural Georgia, a woman named Emma Wimms shot and killed a man named Raymond High. Wimms had confronted High about his…
Trump Rhetoric, Police Brutality Videos Give White Folks New Perception of Racism in the U.S. – Tanasia Kenney / AtlantaBlackStar
The tyranny of a traffic ticket : How small crimes turn fatal for poor, minority Americans – German Lopez / Vox
When Philando Castile was pulled over in July, it was at least his 46th traffic stop — almost all related to fairly minor traffic violations….
The Nostalgia Voter Facing the End of White Christian America – Robert P. Jones / Alternet
This Is How Trump Convinces His Supporters They’re Not Racist – Ian Haney-Lopez / The Nation
Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls – Michael Wines / NYT
6 Major GOP Voting Restrictions Have Been Blocked in 2 Weeks – Ari Berman / The Nation
Courage and Sacrifice : The story of a captive people who freed themselves and freed their jailers – Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Every nation has sacred places, where history has stopped and lingered, and visitors are hushed by memories of redemptive sacrifice. One is the balcony outside…
Inside Hip-Hop’s New Activist Era ( Support for BLM) – David Peisner / Rolling Stone
What Does Black Lives Matter Want? We Now Have It In Writing – Dani McClain / The Nation
Preacher Brings Down The House At The Democratic Convention – Laurel Raymond / Think Progress
Hillary’s Message to America (She promised to do her job intelligently… ) Peter Beinart / The Atlantic
How Obama’s election sparked the white racial panic that’s powering Trump – Dara Lind / Vox
( Michelle Obama’s Lament) The ugly truth about the White House and its history of slavery – Peter Holley / Wash Post
The Democratic Party Puts a Diverse America Onstage – Julianne Hing / The Nation
Nine grieving mothers came to the Democratic National Convention stage – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Women whose sons or daughters were killed in police-involved or other deaths shared their stories and gave their support to Hillary Clinton during the second…
Americans are as skeptical of Black Lives Matter as they were of the Civil Rights Movement – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All – Jane Myer / The New Yorker
How the New Civil Rights Movement Can Build on the Lessons of the Old – Marshall Ganz / Bill Moyers & Company
Creating change requires understanding the power you have, and building a movement goes beyond protests. We asked a number of contributors to share their reactions…
