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Despite Faulty Drugs & Racist Implementation, Trump Is Bringing Back the Federal Death Penalty. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump’s Racism. The nation’s ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them. By Ilhan Omar / NYT
Democrats and media condemn Trump’s racist Cummings attack. By Martin Pengelly and Edward Helmore / The Guardian
How White Democrats Moved Left. Racial equity has become the defining issue of the moment. By David Brooks / NYT
Hiding from ICE, Hispanic Americans are strangers in our own land. By Stacy Torres / Wash Post
Black Women Are Leaders in the Climate Movement. Environmentalism, in other words, is a black issue. By Heather McTeer Toney / NYT
This Supreme Court Case Made School District Lines A Tool For Segregation. By Elissa Nadworny / NPR
Busing Worked in Louisville. So Why Are Its Schools Becoming More Segregated? By John Eligon / NYT
The student debt crisis has hit black students especially hard. Here’s how. By Annie Nova/ CNBC
Kamala Harris Proposes Plan To Invest $60 Billion In Historically Black Colleges. By Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost
Beyoncé’s ‘Brown Skin Girl’ is controversial because of its inclusionary vision of female beauty. By Mikki Kendall / NBC News
Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood. Harvard University President looks back at the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in her home state. By Drew Gilpin Faust / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (August 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – National Cathedral On Trump’s Racist Comments: ‘Have We No Decency?’ By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
Denying Racism Supports It. Refusing to address and acknowledge the prejudices in our country is a big part of the problem. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
On Being Told to ‘Go Back.’ By Rann Miller / The Progressive
Black and Red: When modern conservatives associate activists of color with communism, they’re drawing on a racist history that goes back over 100 years. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
NAACP delegates call Trump “unfit to serve,” vote unanimously for impeachment. By Jon Queally / Salon
Wray: ‘Majority’ Of Domestic Terror Arrests This Year Motivated By White Supremacy. By Nicole Lafond / Talkingpointsmemo
Why a Black Preacher Is Fighting for Control of a Neo-Nazi Group. By Adam Popescu / NYT
7 States Step Up Efforts To Fight Violence Against Indigenous Women. By Melodie Edwards / NPR
Power Up: Biden course corrects on ’94 crime bill as his race record is scrutinized. By Jacqueline Alemany / Wash Post
Jim Crow’s Last Stand: The Death of the Non-Unanimous Jury. Video by Sean Mattison / The Atlantic
Two extraordinary exonerations show the failure of our justice system. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
Black families once lived off their southern farmland. Their descendants are struggling to hold onto it. By Korsha Wilson / Wash Post
The Disturbing Return Of Race Science Has Been Festering For Decades. By Nick Robins-Early / HuffPost
My parents proudly worked for the US Postal Service. Don’t destroy it. Actor Danny Glover / USA Today
