National
This Year’s May Day Protests Aren’t Just About Labor – Brandon E. Patterson / Mother Jones
A federal judge is letting an Alabama school district return to segregation – Matthew Roza / Salon
Ben Carson Is Proving to Be the Bizarre and Incompetent Secretary of Housing and Urban Development We Expected Him to Be – Alex Kotch / Alternet
The president’s racial demagoguery makes it easier for the GOP to sell tax giveaways to the wealthy. – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Black People Are Not All ‘Living in Hell’ – Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery – Anna Maria Barry-Jester / FiveThirtyEight
How Does Race Affect a Student’s Math Education? – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
The L.A. riots: ‘It’s important to remember what started it’ – Angel Jennings and Matt Hamilton / LA Times
Only 5 percent of Senate staffers are black. Congress needs the ‘Rooney Rule.’ – Don Bell / Wash Post
The Urgency of Ethnic Nationalism – David Leonhardt / NYT
Confederate memorials have no place in American society. Good riddance – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Blunt Talk: The Racist Origins of Pot Prohibition – Amanda Chicago Lewis / Rolling Stone
Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’ – DeNeen L. Brown / MSN
The Roots of Mass Incarceration – Kenneth Montgomery / Atl Black Star
Addicts Of Color Face A Slew Of Unique Obstacles To Recovery – Kevin Deutch / Huff Post
Working-class whites can’t handle their status as ‘the new minority’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Where Did All the Black Teachers Go? Brent Staples / NYT
Mayoral Candidate in Jackson Hopes to Shake Up the Status Quo – Sarah Jaffe / Bill Moyers
The war on drugs is racist. Donald Trump is embracing it with open arms – Steven W Thrasher / The Guardian
How the Right-Wing Koch and DeVos Families Are Funding Hate Speech on College Campuses Across the U.S – Alex Kotch / Alternet
Fake Working Class : The muted response to the retail apocalypse shows which workers count in Trump’s America – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
‘We’re truly sorry’: Fla. apologizes for racial injustice of 1949 ‘Groveland Four’ rape case – Katie Mettler / Wash Post
Did racism or a longing for authoritarian leadership elect Donald Trump? The right answer is both – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
David Grann’s New Book Explores a Time When Killing Native Americans Wasn’t Murder – Lewis Beale / The Daily Beast
This Horrific Georgia Brutality Footage Shows How Bad Cops Cover for Each Other – Jeremy Stahl / Slate
DeVos’ Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White – Vivian Lam / Huff Post
Enslaved man who helped build U-Va. has a building named for him – Linda Wheeler / Wash Post
Here’s How Jeff Sessions Is Preparing To Pack U.S. Prisons With Bodies – Christopher Brauchli / Huff Post
Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk – Julia Angwin et al / Propublica
Why Spicer Didn’t Count the Jewish Gas Victims – Michael Daly / The Daily Beast
