National
Celebrating, and mourning, two beacons in the quest for racial equality – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Senate Moves Forward With Bipartisan Bill to Rein in Jeff Sessions – Tana Ganeva / Rolling Stone
White Tulsa Officer Is Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Black Driver – Lucia Walinchus and Richard Perez-Pena / NYT
Richard Rothstein speaks With Ta-Nehisi Coates About Forgotten History of Residential Segregation / Slate
America Needs a New Poor People’s Campaign – Rev. Dr. William J. Barber / CommonDreams
12 Features of White Working-Class Trump Voters Confirm Depressed and Traumatized Multitudes Voted for Him – Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
Philadelphia just set the national example in the fight against mass incarceration – German Lopez / Vox
North Carolina’s “Monster” Voter Supression Law Is Dead – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Lessons On Race And Vouchers From Milwaukee – Claudio Sanchez / NPR
Philadelphia sues Wells Fargo for allegedly discriminating against minority borrowers – Jonnelle Marte / Wash Post
Racial And Ethnic Disparities Persist In Sudden Infant Deaths – Katherine Hobson / NPR
Donald Trump’s Catastrophic Presidency Offers More Proof That Racism and Sexism Are Destroying America – Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor – Richard Bade and Sarah Ferris / Politico
‘Mama’s Bail Out Day’ Brings Black Moms Home From Jail for Mother’s Day – Sherri Williams / NBC
Trump’s voter fraud commission is a shameless white power grab – Stephen W. Thrasher / The Guardian
White Racism in America’s Police Departments Is So Much Worse Than Most Americans Understand – Jeff Pegues / Alternet
Survey: the poor white working class was, if anything, more likely than the rich to vote for Clinton – German Lopez / Vox
Donald Trump won because white people felt frightened – Graham Vyse / New Republic
