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63 years after landmark Brown v. Board case, segregated classrooms persist. By Adam Northam / USA Today
Why black voters are so important for Democrats in 2020. By Harry Enten / CNN
Pete Buttigieg Explains His Agenda For Black Voters. By Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR
Edge of Sports: David West vs. Goliath. By David Zinn / The Progressive
What Hollywood Is Getting Right (And Wrong) About Colorism. By Julie Pinero / HuffPost
For Nipsey Hussle and Rap’s Thriving Middle Class, Staying Close to Home Can Have a Price. By Joe Coscarelli / NYT
White supremacy must be undone — institution by institution. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (April 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Salon talks to Gates about American history and his new PBS doc “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.” By Melanie McFarland / Salon
How Blackface Feeds White Supremacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
In ‘Stony The Road,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr. Looks At The Period After Reconstruction. By Michael Schaub / NPR
Homeland Security shuttered a domestic terror intelligence unit despite rising threats. By Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress
Facebook Says White Nationalist Video Doesn’t Break New Policy Against White Nationalism. By Andy Campbell / HuffPost
High school students of color are protesting racism and inequality. By P.R. Lockhart / Vox
American Meritocracy Is a Myth. By Rajan Menon / The Nation
Senate Bill Pushes The Feds To Focus On Violence Against Native Women. By Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost
Poor, mostly black Tennessee county has highest rate of IRS audits, while wealthy skate. By Igor Derysh / Salon
Lori Lightfoot Wins Chicago Mayor Race, Will Be First Black Woman In Role. By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
‘Why Aren’t Democrats Winning the Hispanic Vote 80-20 or 90-10?’ By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
On Equal Pay Day, A Reminder That The Gap Is Far Greater For Women Of Color. By Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost
Michelle Obama’s Trump bump: Is nostalgia key to the historic sales of ‘Becoming’? By Jessica M. Goldstein / ThinkProgress
Scholar Kathleen Belew on New Zealand, Donald Trump and the rise of “white power.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (April 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – White supremacy must be undone — institution by institution. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Donald Trump and racist violence: Research points to a clear connection. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How the Southern Poverty Law Center got Rich Fighting the Klan. By Editorial Staff / The Progressive
Fighting Racial Bias in an Age of Mass Murder: Prejudice from the Coffee Shop to Charlottesville. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
50 Years of Affirmative Action: What Went Right, and What It Got Wrong. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
