National
Racial Justice Drives Fight for, and Against, Legal Pot in New Jersey – Karen Rouse / NYT
Suit accusing Harvard of capping Asian-American admissions could be tried this summer – Joan Biskupic / CNN
African American museum in SC will stand where 100,000 slaves took first steps on American soil – Manie Robinson / Greenville News
A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches – Campbell Robertson / NYT
The Race-Based Mortgage Penalty – The Editorial Board / NYT
New report looks at women of color in journalism and the lack of diversity in U.S. newsrooms – Kelly Macias / Daily Kos
San Francisco To Remove 19th Century Statue Critics Say Degrades Native Americans – Richard Gonzales / NPR
Some of those hit hardest by the opioid epidemic are not rural, white Americans – Eugene Scott / Wash Post
A Dozen Democrats Want To Help Banks Hide Racial Discrimination In Mortgages – Zach Carter / HuffPost
Trump’s EPA Concludes Environmental Racism Is Real – Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
The NRA, Gun Control and Black People: A Complicated History – David Love / Atl Black Star
A Supreme Court Ruling Against Unions Would Hit Black Women Hardest – Eli Day / Mother Jones
Poorer, more diverse schools receive far less funding across the country – Elham Khatami / ThinkProgress
Hate crimes targeting Jews hit highest rate in more than 20 years – E. A. Crunden / ThinkProgress
Hollywood Diversity Study Finds ‘Mixed Bag’ When It Comes To Representation – Mandalit Del Barco / NPR
Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study, Finds More Poverty And Segregation – Karen Grigsby Bates / NPR
Why is breast cancer mortality higher for African-American women than for white women? Padmashree Rida and Ritu Aneja / The Conversation
For people of color, banks are shutting the door to home ownership – Aaron Glantz and Emanuel Martinez / Salon
Where Billy Graham ‘missed the mark’ – John Blake / CNN
Frederick Douglass’s Fight Against Scientific Racism – Eric Herschthal / NYT
Lowest Ever Black Jobless Rate Is Still Twice That of Whites – Natalie Kitroeff and Ben Casselman / NYT
Fanning the Flames of America’s Racial Tensions Is As Russian As Vodka and Blini – Theodore R. Johnson / Slate
What’s behind the rise of interracial marriage in the US? – Mona Chalabi / The Guardian
Trump wants to pit black Americans against Latino immigrants. Don’t fall for it – Treva B. Lindsey / Vox
Whitewashing Trump Country – Sarah Jones / New Republic
Black Incarceration Rates Are Dropping While White Rates Rises, But What’s Really Behind This Surprising Trend? David Love / Atl Black Star
Why the Right Wing Is So Interested in Narrowing Down Education into ‘Skills’ – Jennifer Berkshire / AlterNet
What Laura Ingraham’s attack on LeBron James really means – Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
How California Is Blocking Native Americans From the Weed Business – Amanda Chicago Lewis / Rolling Stone
“I Want Four Years Where I’m Not Judged by the Color of My Skin” – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
