News
Who Were the Freedom Riders? By Derrick Bryson Taylor / NYT
We Need to Begin Again. In the midst of a moral reckoning, America needs a third founding. By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. / The Atlantic
What ruined Donald Trump? By Leonard Pitts / Salt Lake Tribune
Donald Trump has unified America – against him. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Bank of America and Other Lenders. By Patrick Rucker / ProPublica
Pentagon Sidesteps Trump to Ban the Confederate Flag. By Helene Cooper / NYT
Joe Biden’s VP Could Be the Most Powerful Ever. By Christian Paz / The Atlantic
Jamaal Bowman Defeats 16-Term Rep. Engel In NY House Primary. By Ass. Press / TPM
Protests Continue Daily in Louisville. Here’s a Look at 45 Days of Marches. By K. K. Rebecca Lai / NYT
A black man accused of rape, a white officer in the Klan, and a 1936 lynching that went unpunished. By Michael S. Rosenwald / Wash Post
What is ‘Strike for Black Lives’ and when is it? By Jonathan Vanian / Fortune
When I spoke out about systematic oppression, the Republican response was vicious. By Illhan Omar / Wash Post
Candace Valenzuela wins Texas runoff, stands to be first Afro-Latina in Congress. Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
The Supreme Court just stopped 1 million Floridians from voting in November. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
MSNBC’s Zerlina Maxwell on “The End of White Politics.” By Dean Obeidallah / Salon
Why racism can have long-term effects on children’s health. By A. Pawlowski / Today
In New York’s Harlem, small businesses reel from coronavirus toll on Black communities. By Reuters / NBC News
Netflix loses motion to dismiss Mo’Nique’s race and gender bias lawsuit. By Gwen Aviles and Diana Dasrath / NBC News
Black Artists on How to Change Classical Music. By Zachary Wolfe and Joshua Barone / NYT
The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal. By Ezra Klein / Vox