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White America is quietly self-segregating – Alvin Chang / Vox
The dangerous myth of the ‘missing black father’ – Mychal Denzel Smith / Wash Post
How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’ – Nicole Hannah-Jones / NPR
Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated. Journalist…
Obama names 3 new national civil rights monuments, expands 2 others – Meteor Blades / Daily Kos
U.S. government has ‘dismally failed’ to educate Native American children, lawsuit alleges – Emma Brown / Wash Post
Report: Chicago police use excessive force and often treat people “as animals or subhuman” – German Lopez / Vox
Albert Woodfox was in isolation longer than any other American – Rachel Aviv / The New Yorker
‘What Happened To You, Dylann?’ Victim’s Friend Asks Roof At Sentencing – Rebecca Hersher / NPR
Civil Rights Groups Hail Appeals Court Ruling in Case Challenging Exclusion of Dark-Skinned Juror – Joel Stashenko / New York Law Journal
ALBANY – Excluding a juror based on skin tone, like race, is prohibited under the New York Constitution, the state’s highest court has ruled in…
In Alabama, federal intervention protects minority rights – The Editorial Board / Wash Post
A LITTLE OVER a year ago, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) announced he would close dozens of driver’s license offices — many in poor and minority…
Read Deval Patrick’s Scathing Indictment Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General – Inae Oh / Mother Jones
A Wealth of Questions Remain in Facebook ‘Hate Crime’ Torture – Richard Prince / The Root
The “Generation KKK” Fiasco – Alexis Okeowo / The New Yorker
Who Owns The Past? For Native Americans, Reclaiming Family Heirlooms Is a Tricky Business – Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet
Black parents take their kids to school on how to deal with police – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Tracking the explosion of hate in Trump’s America since Election Day – Adam Peck / ThinkProgress
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president. Within hours, the United States was awash in an unprecedented wave of hateful incidents, many of…
March remembers the nearly 800 victims of Chicago’s gun violence in 2016 – CBS News
The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man – Michelle Chen / The Nation
