National News
North Carolina voter-ID case could have ramifications across U.S. – Sari Horwitz / Wash Post
The Disappearance of a Distinctively Black Way to Mourn – Tiffany Stanley / The Atlantic
Five myths about Reconstruction – James W. Loewen / Wash Post
Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice – Algernon Austin / Nation
A tale of two towns reveals tipping point for America’s suburbs – Henry Gass / Christian Sci Monitor
The Moynihan Report Resurrected – Sam Klug / Dissent
Reverend Barber’s Blueprint for Reconstructing a Racist America – Rev. William J. Barber / Alternet
President Obama, Please Come to Flint – Michael Moore / AlterNet
‘Whiteness History Month’ Stirs Up Controversy At Oregon College – Michael Mclaughlin / Huff Post
The unbearable whiteness of Hollywood: The Academy should be ashamed—but the problem is bigger than the Oscars – Jack Mirkinson / Salon
America’s Other Original Sin – Rebecca Onion / Slate
For Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Black Leaders as Obituaries Portrayed Them – Sam Roberts / NYT
Texas marks racial slaughter more than a century later -Tim Madigan / Wash Post
When Anger Trumped Progress (Reconstruction 1865-1872) – Jon Grinspan / Wash Post
White privilege’ just made an appearance in the presidential race. It’s about time – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Unarmed truth: How race permeated but was left out of Obama’s address – Vann R Newkirk / Daily Kos
Obama accuses GOP of fearmongering – Nahal Toosi and Sarah Wheaton / Politico
How White America’s fear of Barack Obama has made us all worse off – Matthew Pulver / Salon
Guns Make Anger and Despair Lethal – Marian Wright Edelman / Huff Post
Natalie Cole: Underappreciated But Never Forgotten – Jason King / NPR
The Remaking of the American West – Jacob Shamsian / New Republic
A Year of Black Lives Matter – Clare Foran / The Atlantic
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
