Echoes of Jim Crow for Sparta Voters in Georgia – The Editorial Board / NYT
The disastrous Supreme Court ruling that crippled the Voting Rights Act three years ago has emboldened aggressive new attempts at voter suppression by local officials…
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The Real Olympic Challenge for American Basketball – Robert O’Connell / The Atlantic
Obama on Feminism: ‘When Everybody Is Equal, We Are All More Free’ – Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening – Jon Pareles et. al. / NYT
Ripping the Veil : Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules? Brit Bennett / New Republic
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice”: How 18 Black Olympians Defied Jim Crow & Hitler in 1936 / Democracy Now
In Brazil, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team has pulled off a historic feat, winning the team gold medal by the widest margin of victory since…
John Lewis marches on: “Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America” – Philip Eil / Salon
Rio 2016: Simone Biles is unlike any gymnast we’ve ever seen – Alex Abad-Santos / Vox
The Horror of the Baltimore Police Department – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
John Lewis Talks to David Remnick About Nonviolent Activism / The New Yorker
As a child, Congressman John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers from Pike County, Alabama, was turned away from his local public library—it was for whites…
The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today – Joshua Holland / The Nation
Beyond Integration: How Teachers Can Encourage Cross-Racial Friendships – Kendra Yoshinaga / NPR
The group that seriously outearns white men – Danielle Paquette / Wash Post
The Power of Looking, from Emmett Till to Philando Castile – Allyson Hobbs / The New Yorker
Black and White Inequality in All 50 States – Thomas C. Frohlich et. al. / 24/7 Wall St
See how your state is doing regarding the racial divide between blacks and whites. Read here
Black Activists Don’t Ignore Crime – Lisa L. Miller / NYT
How Asian Americans Became Democrats – Kathick Ramakrishnan / American Prospect
Black Women and the Carceral State – Gabriel Winant / Dissent
Sometime around 1910 in rural Georgia, a woman named Emma Wimms shot and killed a man named Raymond High. Wimms had confronted High about his…
Black Brazilians And Americans In Rio Made The Fight For Their Lives A Global One – Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress
Trump Rhetoric, Police Brutality Videos Give White Folks New Perception of Racism in the U.S. – Tanasia Kenney / AtlantaBlackStar
Collegiate Voices – Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too – Zachary R. Wood / The Nation
In her moving speech at the Democratic National Convention, first lady Michelle Obama said that “in this election, we cannot afford to be tired, or…
The tyranny of a traffic ticket : How small crimes turn fatal for poor, minority Americans – German Lopez / Vox
When Philando Castile was pulled over in July, it was at least his 46th traffic stop — almost all related to fairly minor traffic violations….
The Underground Railroad (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel by Colson Whitehead
From prize-winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in…
How Artists Change the World – (Frederick Douglass) – David Brooks / NYT
Watch “Gil Scott Heron – Message to the Messengers” on YouTube
A powerful message from a powerful voice. Very profound and an excellent point that needed to be made. Surprised it was given such little attention….
The Nostalgia Voter Facing the End of White Christian America – Robert P. Jones / Alternet
This Is How Trump Convinces His Supporters They’re Not Racist – Ian Haney-Lopez / The Nation
Class in America and Donald Trump – Karin Kamp / Bill Moyers & Company
Historian Nancy Isenberg talks about why the GOP presidential nominee resonates with poor whites and what Bernie Sanders got wrong about this long-vilified group. Read…