America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.
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Trump Fuels Racial Disharmony. Will It Motivate or Discourage Black Voters? | The New York Times
Reid J. Epstein, Jonathan Martin, The New York Times President Trump’s re-election campaign is spending money on social media to push his message to black voters like Mark Greer, a Detroit native. Credit Erin Kirkland for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]DETROIT[/dropcap] — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump’s […]
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Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on | Reuters
By Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters ADIDWAN, Ghana (Reuters) – Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations. His uncle was called Kwame Badu, a name that has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that […]
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Hayes has ‘heightened sense of awareness’ about security concerns | The CT Mirror
Ana Radelat, The CT Mirror Jahana Hayes, left, a Democrat running in the 5th Congressional District in Connecticut, listens to Massachusetts Congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley at Central Connecticut State University on Sunday at a forum for young voters. (Michael McAndrews / Special to the Courant). Featured Image [dropcap]Washington[/dropcap] – With threats against members of Congress […]
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Racist Display at Miami Airport Spurs T.S.A. Investigation | The New York Times
The Transportation Security Administration said it placed two of its officers on leave while it investigated the display, which included toy gorillas and a noose.
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John Legend Rips Donald Trump as ‘Racist’ ‘Piece of S—‘ After President’s Baltimore Rant | People.com
John Legend said President Trump, a “racist prick,” needs to be taken out of office
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Ilhan Omar: It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump’s Racism | The New York Times
The nation’s ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them.
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I Wanted to Know What White Men Thought About Their Privilege. So I Asked. | The New York Times Magazine
My college class asks what it means to be white in America — but interrogating that question as a black woman in the real world is much harder to do.
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Is ‘Race Science’ Making A Comeback? | NPR
Jess Kung, Gene Demby & Shereen Marisol Meraji | NPR Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science. Henrietta Garden. Featured Image [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Angela Saini was 10 years old, her family moved from what she called “a very multicultural area” in East London to the almost exclusively white Southeast London. Suddenly her brown […]
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Tell Me It’s Not About Race | The Atlantic
DeRay Mckesson doesn’t get First Amendment rights, but neofascists do.
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