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The War to Empower Rural White Voters Is Bigger Than Trump. By Matt Ford / The New Republic
With A Growing Membership Since Trump, Black Gun Group Considers Getting Political. By Brakkton Booker / NPR
The Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper, Prints Last Copy. By Monica Davey and John Eligon / NYT
James Monroe Enslaved Hundreds. Their Descendants Still Live Next Door. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
Mitch McConnell and slavery: A dark fable of America’s past — and present. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
As McConnell’s family shows, the legacy of slavery persists in most American lives. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Jay-Z’s Power Of T-Shaped Leadership. By Jason Wingard / Forbes
Ignore the ‘Little Mermaid’ backlash and racist social media trolls. By Todd “Stereo” Williams / The Undefeated
Are Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant and LeBron James Too Powerful? By Marc Stein / NYT
Racism: Milwaukee’s Public Health Emergency. By Isiah Holmes / The Progressive
Race Inquiry Digest (July 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – It Was Never About Busing. By Nikole Hannah-Jones / NYT
Don’t forget this: Trump’s fans are loyal, and stuck with him through his Fourth of July fiasco. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Two Years Into Trump’s Presidency, Obama Remains a Top Target for Criticism. By Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman / NYT
The Supreme Court Just Legitimized a Cornerstone Element of Voter Suppression. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
It’s the Cruelty, Stupid. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Elizabeth Warren Pitches Plan To Close Wage Gap For Women Of Color. By Alexis Arnold / HUffPost
The Justice Department Hasn’t Found a New Reason for the Census Citizenship Question—but Trump Has. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Joe Biden apologises for remarks about segregationist senators. By Martin Pengelly / The Guardian
The Same Myths That Thwarted Busing Are Keeping School Segregation Alive. By Sherrilyn Ifill / Slate
When ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is Invoked in the Abortion Debate. By John Eligon / NYT
I asked Latinos why they joined immigration law enforcement. Now I’m urging them to leave. David Cortez / USA Today
2019 Belongs to Shirley Chisholm. By Jennifer Steinhauer / NYT
When racists try to poison our national symbols, we shouldn’t just surrender. By Alyssa Rosenberg / Wash Post
Ilhan Omar’s American story: It’s complicated. By Greg Jaffe and Souad Mekhennet / Wash Post
The Common Wind of the African Diaspora. By Kevin Dawson / AAIHS
After 50 years, Asian American studies programs can still be hard to find. By Agnes Constante / NBC News
