Watch testimonies of what makes someone American – NYT
What makes someone American? How do you define American identity? When do you feel most American? Or least? Nine American citizens describe their struggle to…
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The Return of Border Discrimination – Shakeer Rahman / Dissent
First-Ever Tracker Of Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans Launched – Jenny J. Chen / NPR
The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: Working-class whites – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Working-class whites are the biggest beneficiaries of federal poverty-reduction programs, even though blacks and Hispanics have substantially higher rates of poverty, according to a new…
Historic black cemeteries seeking the same support Virginia gives Confederates – Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? Zoe Carpenter / The Nation
The Harlem Globetrotters were often victims of racism off the court and behind the scenes – Sharon Brown / The Undefeated
The first time I discovered I was white – John Blake / CNN
Donald Trump’s white nationalist “genius bar”: Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Michael “Decius” Anton and beyond – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Donald Trump’s administration is built around a brain trust of white nationalists. To deny that fact is to ignore a crucial element of this national…
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck
To compose his stunning documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin’s published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from…
Adele bests Beyoncé and the Grammys reach peak irrelevance – Chris Richards / Wash Post
Republicans Hold On to a Myth to Hold On to Power – The Editorial Board / NYT
Trump and terrorism: Why is the White House ignoring the real danger of homegrown extremism? Heather Digby Parton / Salon
The brouhaha between the Trump administration and the press has continued all week, with President Trump complaining publicly that the media is refusing to cover…
Jeff Sessions is now the attorney general. Here are the four biggest things to fear – Greg Sargent / Wash Post
Five myths about Frederick Douglass – Henry Louis Gates and John Stauffer / Wash Post
The Big Reason Whites Are Richer Than Blacks in America – Peter Coy / Bloomberg Businessweek
White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Who, exactly, is white? The answer sounds obvious — we know a white person when we see one, we think. But when Italians poured into…
Betsy DeVos’ Educational Experiments on Black Children In Michigan Should Worry Us All – Cliff Albright / Atlanta Black Star
Yale Will Drop John Calhoun’s Name From Building – Noah Remnick / NYT
It’s Black History Month. Look in the Mirror by George Yancy / The Stone NYT
To many Americans, February, first officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as Black History Month, is a time to celebrate African-American achievements, ones…
Why we don’t have White History Month ?- Jenee Desmond-Harris / Vox
During February, it’s not uncommon to hear the refrain, “If there’s an African American History Month, why isn’t there a white one?” This question ,…
They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
A New York Times bestseller A New York Times Editors’ Choice “Essential reading.”–Junot Diaz “Electric…so well reported, so plainly told and so evidently the work…
Why Tamron Hall Walked Away from Today: ‘She Wasn’t Going to Settle for Sitting on the Sidelines’ – Jamine Rubenstein / MSN
The racist history of incarceration that Donald Trump is threatening to repeat -Esther Yu His Lee / ThinkProgress
A ‘Dear White People’ Netflix Teaser Just Dropped And It’s Everything – Zeba Bay / Huff Post
The teaser trailer for Netflix’s highly-anticipated “Dear White People” series has finally been released. Based on the indie hit that premiered with rave reviews at…
Integration Works. Can It Survive the Trump Era? Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
The 2016 election deepened the chasm between those voters who believe that the government should address the problems of the poor and those who are…
Judge orders NYPD to disclose surveillance records of Black Lives Matters activists – Lauren C. Williams / ThinkProgress
