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Lynching in America: Targeting Black Veterans – A Report by the Equal Justice Initiative
Race Inquiry Digest (March 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – As America Changes, Some Anxious Whites Feel Left Behind. Demographic shifts rippling across the nation are fueling fears that their culture and standing…
As America Changes, Some Anxious Whites Feel Left Behind – Michele Norris / Natl Geo
Democratic, Republican voter bases are more different than ever – David Lauter / LA Times
Asians could opt out of naming a country of origin on the 2020 census, a policymaker’s nightmare – Jennifer Lee / The Conversation
20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi – Josh Israel / ThinkProgress
The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism – Jemar Tisby / The Atlantic
Martin Luther King Jr. Was Bailed Out by a Millionaire – Incarcerated people today aren’t so lucky – Clint Smith / The Atlantic
A Profile of America’s Gun Owners Is Everything We’d Expect It To Be – David Love / Atl Black Star
Kill the Scapegoats – Donald Trump wants the death penalty for the black and brown people he blames for the opioid crisis – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Still a Long Time Coming : Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights – Elias Rodriques / The Nation
A black female politician was gunned down in Rio. Now she’s a global symbol – Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopez / Wash Post
Same family income, same street, but the black boy still grows up to earn less – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (March 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump. If all that matters when it comes to “law and order” is who is…
When the Irish Weren”t White – Michael Harriott / The Root
The Racist Origin of the Second Amendment and the Rise of Black Gun Ownership – Zenobia Jeffries / YES! Magazine
The FBI Is Too White—And It Considers That a “Huge Operational Risk” – Topher Sanders / Mother Jones
It’s official: We are experiencing a Black Renaissance – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did – Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel / The Nation
Detroit’s black middle class emerged from 1968’s upheaval – John Gallagher / USA Today
Anti-Semitism Is Rising. Why Aren’t American Jews Speaking Up? Jonathan Weisman / NYT
Package Bombings Reveal The Racist Underbelly Of Austin – Daina Ramey Berry and Christen Smith / HuffPost
How social media spread a historical lie – Jennifer Mendelsohn and Peter A. Shulman / Wash Post
What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump – Chris Hayes / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (March 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race. Marcia (left) and Millie Biggs, both 11, say people are shocked…
A New Report Has Some Grim News About American Newborns – Kiera Butler / Mother Jones
