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Standing Firm At Standing Rock — Native Americans Face Dogs And Pepper Spray To Protect Ancestral Lands – Karen E. Quinones Miller / Huff Post
A 94-year-old federal judge defends voting rights in a fiery, impassioned, historic dissent – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Ohio Keeps Making It Harder to Vote – Ari Berman / The Nation
Black voters were five times more likely than whites to cast a ballot during the early voting days eliminated by Ohio Republicans. The Supreme Court declined…
Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail’ – Molly Crabapple, Jim Blatt, Kim Boekbinder and Dream Hampton / NYT Video
Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for? Watch the video here
Don’t expect protests in baseball — it’s a white man’s game by design – Howard Bryant / The Undefeated
Two Connecticut School Systems, for the Rich and Poor – Lincoln Caplan / The New Yorker
Black Lives Matter Moves Into the Thorny World of Politics – P.R. Lockhart / Mother Jones
The False Promise of School Choice: The Result Is Often More Segregated Schools – Jeff Bryant / Campaign for America’s Future via Alternet
The gap between Trump’s America and Clinton’s is getting worse – Danny Vinik / Politico
CHARTS: White Voters Without College Degrees Are Fleeing The Democratic Party – Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR
Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist – Dana Milbank / Wash Post
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for…
White privilege has enormous implications for policy – but whites don’t think it exists – Natalia Khosla and Sean McElwee / Salon
How Republicans Are Inciting Right-Wing Violence After Election – Lincoln Blades / Rolling Stone
In a speech at the Values Voter Summit Saturday, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said a Hillary Clinton presidency may necessitate bloodshed. Read more and watch…
The resegregation of America – Nissa Rhee / Christian Science Monitor
Judge Evokes Mississippi ‘Of Slavery, Lynchings, Pain And White Supremacy’ In Confederate Flag Ruling – Ryan Grenoble / Huff Post
How white racism and a complicit media are keeping Trump close in the polls – and why it won’t be enough – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Can School Integration Make a Comeback? Daniel Lombroso and Alia Wong / The Atlantic Video
It’s Just Dressed Up Slavery’: America’s Shadow Workforce Rises Up Against Prison Labor – Carimah Jones / Think Progress
The passion of her stroke: Serena Williams doesn’t have to explain anything – April Reign / The Undefeated
Nationwide Prison Strike Launches in 24 States and 40 Facilities over Conditions & Forced Labor – Democracy Now Video
Today ( September 9) prisoners in at least 24 states are set to participate in a nationally coordinated strike that comes on the 45th anniversary of…
Sept. 11 Marked Turning Point For Muslims In Increasingly Diverse America – Tom Gjelten / NPR
Black Teachers Matter – Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones
Past Voices – The storming of Attica D-Yard — One day that shows just how little black lives mattered – Lorraine Berry / Raw Story
Federal Lawsuit Takes On Alabama’s Entirely White Top Courts – Alice Ollstein / Think Progress
How to Get Americans to Talk About Race – Alexia Fernandez Campbell / The Atlantic
