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The Legacy of Lynching, on Death Row – Jeffrey Toobin / The New Yorker
In Alabama, Bryan Stevenson is saving inmates from execution and memorializing the darkest episodes of America’s past. In 1989, a twenty-nine-year-old African-American civil-rights lawyer named…
The Breitbart alt-right just took over the GOP – Ben Shapiro / Wash Post
“This man is the most dangerous political operative in America. Steve Bannon runs the new vast right-wing conspiracy – and wants to take down Hillary…
A look inside the training the White House thinks could stop the police shooting, protest, damning DOJ report cycle – Janell Ross / Wash Post
So Much For Dog Whistles. Trump Has Now Fully Embraced White Nationalists – Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress
Son of Chicago cop, home from college to surprise his sick mom, killed in ‘mistaken identity’ shooting – Katie Mattler / Wash Post
White Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race – Donovan X. Ramsey / Salon
The Easiest Way to Get Rid of Racism? Just Redefine It – Greg Howard / NYT
On its face, inviting a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan onto your radio show is a risky proposition with very little upside….
Milwaukee’s staggering black-white economic divide – Tanzina Vega / CNN
The ongoing protests and violence that have occurred over the past several days in Milwaukee are about more than the police killing of Sylville Smith….
A Nation of Second Chances : President Obama’s Record on Clemency / The White House
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Latinos and the New American Majority – Manuel Pastor / Dissent
How Donald Trump’s bizarre voter-watch effort could get the GOP in trouble – Philip Bump / Wash Post
Echoes of Jim Crow for Sparta Voters in Georgia – The Editorial Board / NYT
The disastrous Supreme Court ruling that crippled the Voting Rights Act three years ago has emboldened aggressive new attempts at voter suppression by local officials…
John Lewis marches on: “Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America” – Philip Eil / Salon
The Horror of the Baltimore Police Department – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today – Joshua Holland / The Nation
Beyond Integration: How Teachers Can Encourage Cross-Racial Friendships – Kendra Yoshinaga / NPR
The group that seriously outearns white men – Danielle Paquette / Wash Post
The Power of Looking, from Emmett Till to Philando Castile – Allyson Hobbs / The New Yorker
