National News
The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools -Karen Heller / Wash Post
White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to “Straight Outta Compton” – Stuart Klawans / The Nation
Megyn Kelly demands Cornel West explain why #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t protest black-on-black violence – Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon
A Summer so Lawless in D.C. , it Feels Like the Wild West – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
The solace of street knowledge: Violence, black vulnerability and reading the lessons of Ta-Nihisi Coates in “Straight Outta Compton” – Silpa Kouvali / Salon
Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans – Kristina Kay Robinson / The Nation
Confederate Fantasies and the Donald Trump Surge – Bob Cesca / Salon
How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks – Terrence McCoy / Wash Post
Parents’ Ceremony Serves Up Elements of “Morehouse Gospel” – Kevin D. Liles / NYT
Go Back to Mexico Sentiment is Most Prevalent in States That Used to be Mexico – John Paul Brammer / Blue Nation Review
Here’s What Black Lives Matter Activist Want Politicians To Do About Police Violence – Julia Craven and Ryan J. Reilly / Huff Post
White people were America’s real “anchor babies” : A history lesson for the Republican Party – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Locked in Solitary at 14: Adult Jails Isolate Youths Despite Risk – Timothy Williams / NYT
This chart lets you devise a plan for ending mass incarceration (its not easy) – German Lopez / Vox
Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Movement Recalls COINTELPRO Tactics – Julia Craven / Huff Post
The Story Behind An Iconic Picture of Civil Rights leader Julian Bond – Cristian Farias / Huff Post
Race and the Storm – Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
How White Users Made Heroin a Public Health Problem – Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic
Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny – Adam Liptak / NYT
The Rebirth of Black Rage – Mychal Denzel Smith / The Nation
Children Caught in a Racist System – The Editorial Board / NYT
50 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Leaned From Watts – Jeanne Theoharis / NYT
A Matter of Black Lives : Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, is on a crusade to stop the killing – Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic
Block The Vote: A Journalist Discusses Voting Rights and Restrictions – Ari Berman / NPR
Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers and the GOP’s Colorblind America – Mark Winston Griffith / The Nation
A Year After Ferguson, Housing Segregation Defies Tools To Erase It – John Eligon / NYT
