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Trump’s Tentative First Step Toward Black Voters – Graham Vyse / New Republic
The Sessions Effect: Trump DOJ Reverses Course In Major Texas Voter ID Case – Alice Ollstein / Talkingpointsmemo
Stephen Bannon and Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, have long shared a vision for remaking America – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
One night in September 2014, when he was chief executive of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon hosted cocktails and dinner at the Washington townhouse where he…
A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Many Americans might not know the more polemical side of race writing in our history. The canon of African-American literature is well established. Zora Neale…
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield: America’s First Black Pop Star – Adam Gustafson / The Conversation
Hartford, Conn., has revamped its schools to attract a rich mix of students in a voluntary desegregation program – Simon Montlake / Christian Sci Monitor
There’s no going back: Racial, ethnic diversity is on the rise in American communities – Jennifer Van Hook and Barrett Lee / The Conversation
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Transgender: What does it mean? After Trump rolls back protections, an explainer – Mary Bowerman / USA Today
St. Louis Responds to a Rise in Anti-Semitism – Daniel A. Gross / The New Yorker
On Monday, more than a hundred and fifty gravestones were found damaged or toppled at a historic Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. As soon as…
Supreme Court tosses out racist death sentence – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
What Is the Community Doing to Address Chicago’s Gun Violence? David Love / Atlanta Black Star
A history of sanctuary cities: How Black Americans protected fugitive slaves – Barbara Krauthamer / Salon
The Black Activist Who Fought Against D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” – Richard Brody / The New Yorker
The Betsy DeVos cartoon saga was an unintentional reminder of the staying power of white nationalism – Jenee Desmond-Harris / Vox
The Failure of Race-Blind Economic Policy – Adia Harvey Wingfeld / The Atlantic
After Donald Trump’s presidential victory, many left-leaning politicians and commentators started considering what sort of message would help them regain political power. Given the clear…
Let’s Become Great Again,’ the Flyers Said – Anna North / NYT
The Trump Administration’s Lies About Voter Fraud Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression – Ari Burman / Bill Moyers
Louisiana Republican’s interference with New Orleans police reform foreshadows Trump backlash – Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress
The Return of Border Discrimination – Shakeer Rahman / Dissent
First-Ever Tracker Of Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans Launched – Jenny J. Chen / NPR
The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: Working-class whites – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Working-class whites are the biggest beneficiaries of federal poverty-reduction programs, even though blacks and Hispanics have substantially higher rates of poverty, according to a new…
Historic black cemeteries seeking the same support Virginia gives Confederates – Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? Zoe Carpenter / The Nation
Five myths about Frederick Douglass – Henry Louis Gates and John Stauffer / Wash Post
The Big Reason Whites Are Richer Than Blacks in America – Peter Coy / Bloomberg Businessweek
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Who, exactly, is white? The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into…
Yale Will Drop John Calhoun’s Name From Building – Noah Remnick / NYT
Why Tamron Hall Walked Away from Today: ‘She Wasn’t Going to Settle for Sitting on the Sidelines’ – Jamine Rubenstein / MSN
Integration Works. Can It Survive the Trump Era? Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
The 2016 election deepened the chasm between those voters who believe that the government should address the problems of the poor and those who are…
