National
A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us – James Jeffrey / The Progressive
The Republican Tax Bill Is a Poison Pill That Kills the New Deal – Heather Cox Richardson / Bill Moyers
Roland Martin’s popular news show has been cancelled – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
Justice Gorsuch’s radical First Amendment theory could sabotage civil rights law – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why – Nina Martin and Renee Montagne / NPR
For black women, #MeToo came centuries too late – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Trump’s new team of judges will radically change American society – Shira A. Scheindlin / The Guardian
Environmental injustice is rising in the US. Minorities and the poor pay the price – Mustafa Santiago Ali / The Guardian
She Went Undercover to Expose Sexual Harassment in the Food Industry. It Was Way Worse Than She Imagined – Tom Philpott / Mother Jones
Black lawmakers resentful after Conyers resignation – John Breshnan / Politico
How Gerrymandering Has Made the Black Vote a Form of Token Representation – Frederick Reese / NPR
Poll: Asian-Americans See Individuals’ Prejudice As Big Discrimination Problem – Joe Neel / NPR
A new Poor People’s Campaign wants to change how society defines morality – Katrina vanden Heuvel / Wash Post
Facebook to Temporarily Block Advertisers From Excluding Audiences by Race -Julia Angwin / ProPublica
The Breakthrough: A Reporter Goes to Ground Zero for Today’s American HIV Epidemic – Joaquin Sapien / ProPublica
‘Unflinching’: The day John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Why the black press is more relevant than ever – David Love / CNN
How segregation leads to racist voting by whites – Ryan D. Enos / Vox
Supreme Court Rejects Case Over Confederate Emblem On Mississippi Flag – Merrit Kennedy / NPR
Racism Is Stopping Black Men From Solving Our Nursing Shortage – Adia Harvey Wingfield / Slate
White racism course causes controversy at Florida university – Thyrie Bland / USA Today
The gang rape was horrific. The NAACP sent Rosa Parks to investigate (“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”) – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
African Americans Are Disproportionately Arrested for Low-Level Marijuana Violations—and the Disparity Is Growing – Paul Armentano / AlterNet
A New National Museum and Memorial In Alabama Will Finally Look Back at Racial Terror In America – D. Amari Jackson / Atl Black Star
Hate in America is on the rise – Editorial Board / Wash Post
Five myths about American Indians – Kevin Gover / Wash Post
How The U.S. Defines Race And Ethnicity May Change Under Trump – Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection for Haitians – Miriam Jordan / NYT
Trump’s judicial picks: ‘The goal is to end the progressive state’ – Jamiles Lartey / The Guardian
The Politics of Comparison ( A Colony in a Nation) – Sam Klug / Disssent
