National News
In Deeply Divided Chicago, Most Agree: City Is Off Course – Monica Davey and Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Dangerous White-Collar White Power Movement Believes It Has Newfound Relevance Thanks to Trump – Hannah Gais / Alternet
Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy – Sabrina Tavernise / NYT
Raised-Fist Photo by Black Women at West Point Spurs Inquiry – Dave Phillips / NYT
White women are killing themselves: These numbers paint a grim portrait of America’s underclass – Kali Holloway / Salon
Obama’s full remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony / Politico Staff
Read the entire speech here.
What It Was Like For A Freedom Rider Whose Bus Was Firebombed By The KKK – Lisa Capretto / OWN Video
A Proscecutor’s vison for a better justice system – Adam Foss / TED
When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step…
Overworked and Underpaid Detroit Teachers Shut Down Nearly all Public Schools: The Legislature Shrugs – Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The Newly Emboldened American Racist – Jennifer Sabin / Huff Post
Angela Davis and asha bandele : Getting People out of Prison Is Just the Start to Solving America’s Incarceration Crisis – April M. Short / Alternet
Larry Wilmore On ‘Breaking Taboos’ At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner / Fresh Air NPR
‘This can’t happen by accident: The link between race and real estate’ – Emily Badger / Wash Post
Keeping Black Girls Off the Path to Prison – Allison Keys / The Root
The incredible explosion of slavery after 1790 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Teen Birth Rates Plummet For Hispanic And Black Girls – Jennifer Ludden / NPR
U.S. Preaches Human Rights Across The Globe, But Fails to Provide Black and Poor People a Basic Human Right – David Love / Atlblackstar
Flint Water Crisis: Obama To Visit As Residents Talk Environmental Racism At Civil Rights Hearings – Anya Wassenberg / Inquisitr
On the Fast Track to Adulthood With Limited Options – Emily Deruy / The Atlantic
Mississippi, the Two-Flag State – W. Ralph Eubanks / The New Yorker
How Segregation Has Persisted in Little Rock – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
The Racist Roots of Virginia’s Felon Disenfranchisement – Matt Ford / The Atlantic
African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton – Eric Foner / The Nation
Obama tackles criminal justice reform in weekly address – Susan Gardner / Daily Kos
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Erik Eckholm / NYT
Obama : A Virtual Museum of His Presidency / Wash Post
