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Donald Trump’s new Confederacy: At Gettysburg, he tried to evoke Lincoln’s address but ended reprising Pickett’s Charge – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Nat Turner – American Hero or Terrorist? – Village-Connect / You Tube Video – And a Discussion at Suffolk University by Three Documentary Filmmakers.
What are the distinctions between a freedom fighter and a terrorist? The debate over the meaning of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion has been at the…
Jorge Ramos Exposes Hate Groups’ Rise In The Age Of Trump – Carolina Moreno / Huff Post
Poor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has – Alec Macgillis and Propublica / The Atlantic
Sometime during the past few years, the country started talking differently about white Americans of modest means. Early in the Obama era, the ennobling language…
We’re here, but we’re invisible’: Native Americans fight to vote on their reservations – Keri Lerner / ThinkProgress
Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump) – Deepa Iyer / The Nation
Why should we trust you? Clinton’s big problem with young black Americans – Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / The Guardian
Will Trump Resurrect a Violent South? Hate groups are on the rise – Jon Jefferson / The Daily Beast
Hate groups are on the rise. Klan membership is increasing astronomically. In Trumped-up America, are we marching back to Bloody Sunday and Bombingham? As police…
The way forward after black men are shot dead – Debbie Mukamal and David Skiansky / Wash Post
Nat Turner’s Skull and My Student’s Purse of Skin – Daina Ramey Berry / NYT
This month, Richard Hatcher, a former mayor of Gary, Ind., delivered what researchers suspect is the skull of Nat Turner, the rebel slave, to Turner’s…
Report finds racial bias in facial recognition technology – Jeff Stone / Christ Sci Monitor
A short history of white people rigging elections – Dara Lind / Vox
The Price We Paid: Race, Reparative Justice and the Drug War – Dionna King / The Root
How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
In 2004, 57 police officers of different races were divided into two groups for a simple experiment. Half of them were shown two photo lineups,…
Police surveillance of black protesters won’t stop the movement – Lauren C. Williams / ThinkProgress
For Fairer Courts, Address Prosecutor Bias – Shima Baughman, Christopher Robertson and Sunita Sah / New Republic
This Persistent Myth About Native Americans Needs Debunking – Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker / Alternet
Review Finds San Francisco Police Disproportionately Targeted Minorities – Eyder Peralta / NPR
In the Age of Trump White Millennials Shatter Idea That Young People Are Progressive – David Love / Atl Black Star
The white flight of white nationalist Derek Black – Eli Saslow / Wash Post
The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity — Then Lost Her Job – Ruth Graham / NYT Magazine
When Larycia Hawkins, the first black woman to receive tenure at Wheaton College, made a symbolic gesture of support for Muslims, the evangelical college became…
Michelle Obama: ‘Going High’ Means Remaining Outraged – Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic
Asian-Americans Continue To Drift Away From The GOP, But It’s A Complicated Story – Kat Chow / NPR
The formerly incarcerated are facing crippling prison debt when they get out, and it needs to stop – Larry Schwartztol and Abby Shafroth / Slate
Donald Trump’s strategy for minority Americans? Don’t let them vote – The Editorial Board / The Wash Post
Go Back to China’: Readers Respond to Racist Insults Shouted at a New York Times Editor – Michael Luo / NYT
How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
For 15-year-old Zion Agostini, the start of each school day is a new occasion to navigate a minefield of racial profiling. From an early age,…
Donald Trump’s confused portrait of black America – Danny Vinik / Politico
A Great Fight of Our Times – Is Progress at Risk for African American Families? David Leonhardt / NYT
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Black Power Movement – Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi Woodward / The New Press via Alternet
