National News
Slavery Did Not Die Honestly – David W. Blight / The Atlantic
Breaking the Racial Contract – Charles W. Mills / Dissent
The Two Asian Americas – Karan Mahajan / The New Yorker
Two states, two competing futures for voting rights in America – Katrina Vanden Heuvel / The Nation
Black Deaths Matter – Seth Freed Wessler / The Nation
Open Doors and Lingering Pain at Charleston Church Where 9 Were Killed – Richard Fausset / NYT
Ted Cruz wants to be king : Make no mistake, the GOP extremist real goal is absolute control – Heather Cox Richardson / Salon
Poor students in the deep south are graduating, but to what ? – Chico Harlan / Wash Post
Black Lives Matter shouldn’t settle for Democratic candidates’ promises to end private prisons – Dara Lind / Vox
The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighbohoods – Paul Kiel and Annie Weldman / ProPublica
The Largest Most Successful Slave Revolt in History – Steven Hahn / Slate
The horrifying lesson of Tamir Rice: White America will use “objectivity” to justify the murder of black children – Brittney Cooper / Salon
The discomfiting truth about white feminism: Meryl Streep, Amy Poehler and the movement’s long history of racial insensitivity – Eesha Pandit / Salon
A Black President Is Not a Magical Negro – Jamal Smith / New Republic
Echoing Calls for Justice of Million Man March, but Widening Audience – Jada F. Smith / NYT
How The Million Man March Changed One Man’s Life – Tom Rowley / Wash Post
Interracial Couples Share The Insults They’ve Experienced In Insightful Photo Series – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
Workers or slaves? Textbook maker backtracks after mother’s online complaint – Yanan Wang / Wash Post
Charlotte Was Different- An Unarmed black man killed by a white police officer – with an unfamiliar ending – Leon Neyfakh / Slate
LBJ signs bill abolishing immigration national origin quotas: Oct 3, 1965 – Andrew Glass / Politico
Ben Carson’s destructive lies: 4 racist assumptions endorsed and magnified by Black conservatives – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black and white Americans use drugs at similar rates. One group is punished more for it – German Lopez / Vox
Mass Shootings Are Not The Real Problem – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Justice Reform Bills Reflect Move Away From Mass Incarceration – Lauren Victoria Burke / The Root
Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding – Gillian B. White / The Atlantic
