News
Today’s great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. By Robert Reich / Salon
Cornel West on hope and resistance in the age of Trump: We must “find joy in the struggle.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How Kamala Harris Went From ‘Female Obama’ to Fifth Place. By Christopher Cadelago / Politico
Novelist Ernest J. Gaines Dies At Age 86. By Richard Gonzales / NPR
What W. E. B. Du Bois Conveyed in His Captivating Infographics. By Hua Hsu / The New Yorker
Popeyes Sandwich Strikes a Chord for African-Americans. By John Eligon / NYT
Harvard Law School traces its origins to an Antiguan slave owner. Now the country wants reparations. By Meagan Flynn / Wash Post
‘Lynch him!’ A century after a white mob hanged a black man from a tree, soil from the site is being preserved. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
HBO’s ‘The Apollo’ Chronicles the Theater’s Struggles and Triumphs. By Dan Reilly / Fortune
“Watchmen” creator and star: This is America’s history, not just black or white history. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
What critics are missing about Prince’s raw, rule-breaking memoir. By Clay Cane / CNN
Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop. By D. Watkins / Salon
Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind. By Charlayne Hunter-Gault / PBS News Hour
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The ‘Lost Cause’ That Built Jim Crow. Southern “Redeemers” snuffed out the first black power movement. By Henry Louis Gates / NYT
The history of black baseball in D.C. includes Frederick Douglass’ sons, Josh Gibson and the fight for equality. By Rhiannon Walker / The Undefeated
The Lives That Won’t Ever Matter In Trump’s America. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Did Warren Pass the Medicare Test? I Think So. By Paul Krugman / NYT
The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right. By Shaun Assael / Politico
How black activist James Stern took control of Jeff Schoep’s neo- Nazi National Socialist Movement. By Katie Mettler / Wash Post
‘We Need Everybody’: An interview with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza. By Alexander Tempus / The Progressive
Seeking justice: End the torture of solitary confinement and harsh sentencing. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Mississippi governor’s race taking place under Jim Crow-era rules after judge refuses to block them. By Gideon Cohn-Postar / The Conversation
After Harvard affirmative action decision, Asian American students rethink college applications. By Chris Fuchs / NBC News
The First Black Mayor Of Talladega, Alabama, Is Poised To Push His City Into The Future. By Phillip Lewis / HuffPost
To Fix Racial Gerrymander, North Carolina Republicans Considered a Map That Could Have Elected an All-White Slate. By David Daley / The Intercept
5 ways to honor Native Americans during National Native American Heritage Month. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
