National News
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
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
