Rev. Barber: These times require a new language and a new fusion coalition / ThinkProgress
The following is an edited version of remarks delivered by Rev. William Barber, II at the Democratic National Committee Future Forum on January 27 in…
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“You can’t coddle white brothers and sisters”: The fiery racial gospel of Michael Eric Dyson – David Masciotra / Salon
The Matter of Marcus Allen : OJ’s arrest broke up the BFFs, but why? Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Back in 1994, we still thought they were as close as brothers. With O.J. Simpson and Marcus Allen, you have to start there. Both were…
John Edgar Wideman’s new book on the unsettling case of Emmitt Till’s father – Thomas Chatterton Williams / NYT
Watch : Angela Davis on Resisting Trump: We Need to Be More Militant in Defending Vulnerable Populations / Democracy Now
Watch the full speech by Angela Davis at the Women’s March on Washington. “Over the next months and years, we will be called upon to…
Despite decades of racist and sexist attacks, Serena Williams keeps winning – Jenee Desmond-Harris / Vox
Trump’s Latest Abomination: Blocking Refugees – Stephen Schlesinger / Huff Post
‘Justice failed Austin Callaway’: Town attempts to atone for 1940 lynching – Emanuella Grinberg / CNN
Emmett Till’s Accuser Admits She Lied About Claims That Led To His Murder – Lilly Workneh / Huff Post
The woman who accused 14-year-old Emmet Till of flirting with her in 1955 revealed for the first time that those claims were fabricated. Vanity Fair reports…
Watch : Ta-Nehisi Coates Schools Seth Meyers on Racism in America – Alexandra Rosenmann / Alternet
Ta-Nehisi Coates was “very happy to be wrong” about the presidential election—the 2008 presidential election, that is. And after interviewing President Obama for nearly five…
The vast diversity of the Women’s March on Washington, in words and photos – Karen Turner, Kainaz Amaria and Nesima Aberra / Vox
Columbia University Reveals Details Of Its Ties With Slavery – Rebecca Hersher / NPR
In 1755, the board of governors of a new college was sworn into office in Manhattan. King’s College, as it was called, was not far…
Trump’s unconstitutional plan to turn cities into federal police states – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
Serena, Venus part of a rich black history in tennis and the future looks bright – Larry Bivins / The Undefeated
Heroes of a Civil War Victory That History Forgot – The Atlantic
On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia, some 7001 black soldiers in the 4th and 6th regiments of the…
My President Wasn’t Black Enough – Goldie Taylor / Daily Beast
Minutes after the nation’s 45th president took the oath of office— mired in controversy, awash in financial conflict, and loathed by broad swaths of the…
What Would Malcolm X Say About ‘Negro’ Celebrities Meeting with Trump? David Love / Atl Black Star
What would Malcolm X have to say about the Black celebrities meeting with Trump? There is no need to guess because the Black nationalist leader…
Inside Donald Trump’s Extremist Education Agenda – Jeff Bryant / AlterNet
What happens now to Justice Dept.’s civil rights enforcement? Joe Davidson / Wash Post
Alabama found guilty of racial gerrymandering – Alice Miranda Ollstein / ThinkProgress
Why Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s Chief Strategist, Is So Dangerous for Black People – Kamau Franklin / Atl Black Star
Watch ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Official Trailer – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ will introduce James Baldwin to a new generation. There are voices we all need to hear. At a time when…
Racial Progress Is Real. But So Is Racist Progress – Ibram X. Kendi / NYT
Barack Obama said in his final news conference that he planned to use his time off from politics “to do some writing.” I am hoping…
Who Decides Who Counts as Native American? – Brooke Jarvis / NYT
Is God a White Supremacist?’: Religion class at elite college tackles ‘transnational whiteness’ – Dave Urbanski / The Blaze
Cops’ Feelings on Race Show How Far We Have to Go – Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones
This week, the Pew Research Center released a report entitled “Behind the Badge,” a comprehensive survey of nearly 8,000 law enforcement officials across the United…
How Mass Incarceration Pushes Black Children Further Behind in School – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
In the summer of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the closing remarks at the March on Washington. More than 200,000 people gathered to cast…
Milton Friedman, Betsy DeVos, and the Privatization of Public Education – Joanne Barkan / Dissent
The hidden reason Republicans are so eager to repeal Obamacare – Matthew Yglesias / Vox
White America is quietly self-segregating – Alvin Chang / Vox
The dangerous myth of the ‘missing black father’ – Mychal Denzel Smith / Wash Post
How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’ – Nicole Hannah-Jones / NPR
Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated. Journalist…