National
Trump Administration Cites Segregation-Era Ruling To Defend Its Travel Ban – Julia Craven / Huff Post
In New Orleans, Racism’s History Is Harder Than Stone – Michael Tisserand / NYT
Asian-Americans Have Highest Poverty Rate In NYC, But Stereotypes Make The Issue Invisible – Kimberly Yam / Huff Post
A Call to Faith-Based Communities to Bring Dignity and Integrity to our Criminal Justice System – Jacqui Lewis / Bill Moyers
Colgate’s Black Students ‘Angry, Sad, Confused’ In Aftermath of Racial Profiling Incident – Kiersten Willis / Atla Black Star
Jackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor – John Nichols / The Nation
A string of attacks on black women reminds us that racism is impossible to quantify – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
What Does It Take to Convict a Cop? Michael Sakolove / Mother Jones
American policing is broken. Here’s how to fix it. – German Lopez / Vox
Police story about why they gunned down an unarmed black ninth grader falls apart – E.A. Crunden / ThinkProgress
The Danger of Trump’s Civil War Ignorance – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
More Parents Of Color Think Racism Is Holding Back Their Children In School – Rebecca Klein / Huff Post
Prospects for black America about to get worse under Trump, report says – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
The Collapse of American Identity – Robert P. Jones / NYT
This Year’s May Day Protests Aren’t Just About Labor – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
A federal judge is letting an Alabama school district return to segregation – Matthew Roza / Salon
Ben Carson Is Proving to Be the Bizarre and Incompetent Secretary of Housing and Urban Development We Expected Him to Be – Alex Kotch / Alternet
The president’s racial demagoguery makes it easier for the GOP to sell tax giveaways to the wealthy. – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
