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How Did Chicago Get So Violent? Leon Neyfakh / Slate
Lonnie Bunch: Even if you’re white, ‘the story of slavery is still your story’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Read President Obama’s Dedication At America’s First National Museum For Black History – Sam Levine / Huff Post
Restoring Black History : The National Museum of African American History and Culture – Henry Louis Gates Jr. / NYT
Meet the Horde of Neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and Other Extremist Leaders Endorsing Donald Trump – David Neiwert and Sarah Posner / Mother Jones
Donald Trump wants to bring back the “tough on crime” policies that helped cause mass incarceration – German Lopez / Vox
Trump hasn’t always been very specific when it comes to criminal justice policy. But there have been some very big clues. For the past few…
Collegiate Voices – Black students say American University isn’t listening to them – Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress
Criminal Justice Is Becoming a ‘Latino Issue’ – Juleyka Lantigua-Williams / The Atlantic
We’re at peak “white racial apocalypse”: The enduring toxic myths fueling Obama backlash, “all lives matter” and Donald Trump – Philip Eil / Salon
Four Ways Trump Is Wrong About Black Americans – Andrew McGill / The Atlantic
Hillary Clinton Speaks ‘Directly to White People’ in Wake of Police Shooting: ‘This Is Not Who We Are’ – Kristen West Savali / The Root
Terence Crutcher is just the latest in a long history of the killing of black men in Tulsa – Lorraine Berry / Raw Story
The Racial Wage Gap Between Black And White Workers Is Getting Worse – Daniel Marans / Huff Post
Solving Chicago’s Murders Could Prevent More – Alex Kotlowitz / The New Yorker
The Racist Roots of Welfare Reform : American welfare policy historically targeted poor black families – Alma Carten / New Republic
27 Million Potential Hispanic Votes. But What Will They Really Add Up To ? Marcela Valdes / NYT
Did You Know We Are Having the Largest Prison Strike in History? Probably Not, Because Most of the Media Have Ignored It – Adam Johnson / Alternet
Can the South Make Room for Reconstruction? Bill Rauch / The Atlantic
