Read the Speech Bernie Sanders Gave at the Vatican – Time
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is speaking at the Vatican Friday, April 8, 2016, praising Pope Francis and denouncing income inequality. The Democratic presidential candidate, who is…
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Behind the Birmingham Letter – Chris Bodennner / The Atlantic
D.C.’s grim, unfinished business, 154 years after emancipation – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants ? Rachel Swarns / NYT
For Native Americans, Health Care Is A Long, Hard Road Away – Misha Friedman / NPR
The South’s new re-segregation plan: The Koch brothers, ALEC and the sneaky scheme to undo Brown v Board of Education – Diane Ravitch / Salon
Eighty years after Brown, Southern segregation is on the rise — and “school choice” is its vehicle. Read more here
Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them? Michelle Chen / The Nation
Concern Over Race Relations Has More Than Doubled In The Past 2 Years – Janie Velencia / Huff Post
Chicago policing taskforce calls black distrust of department ‘justified’ – Stafford, Beckett and Ackerman / The Guardian
Armstrong Williams: The man of political mystery behind Ben Carson – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Although this article on Armstrong Williams ran earlier in the year, it is worth reposting given Armstrong Williams’ continued involvement in the presidential campaign. Read…
‘Ghetto,’ by Mitchell Duneier – Khalil Gibran Muhammad / NYT Book Review
Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered – Susan Dynarski / NYT
Spreading hate has backfired on right-wing media: How Fox News unwittingly destroyed the Republican Party – Cody Cain / Salon
For years, Fox News has profited from its vicious, divisive rhetoric — and now a steep price is being paid. Read here.
The Radical Political Independence of Jackie Robinson – Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast
Thomas Jefferson spent years raping his slave Sally Hemings. A new novel treats their relationship as a love story – Constance Grady / Vox
Conservatives Will Hate HBO’s New Film on the Disgraceful War Waged on Anita Hill – Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones
Study finds police fatally shoot unarmed black men at disproportionate rates – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
This war is for America’s soul: Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and how wealthy white elites protect themselves – Heather Cox Richardson / Salon
Chicago’s staggering rise in gun violence and killings – Mark Berman / Wash Post
Donald Trump Wants To Remind White People That Gun Violence Is A Black Problem – Dana Liebelson and Nick Wing / Huff Post
There’s a little ‘Mein Kampf’ in Trump’s ‘Art of The Deal’: Peter Ross Range/ USA Today
Uh-oh: Where does all the white rage go when Donald Trump loses ? Michael Bourne / Salon
How George Wallace Harnessed Hate – Marshall Frady / The Daily Beast
Why Slaves’ Graves Matter – Sandra A. Arnold / NYT Sunday Review
Harvard Will Own Up To Its Role In Slavery – Scott Malone / Huff Post
This once-forgotten civil rights hero deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom – Phillip Hoose / Wash Post
#Blacklivesfade on 2016 trail – Soledad O’Brien / USA Today
