PORTLAND POLICE RESPOND TO SATURDAY NIGHT DEMONSTRATION WITH BLOCKADE, FORCE, RIOT DECLARATION. Portland police repeatedly blocked a march to an East Portland police building late Saturday before… Read more “The Oregonian”
POLITICO
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TAKES ‘EARTH SHATTERING’ TURN WITH ITS FOCUS ON RACE. B-L-M block letters sat propped behind Elizabeth Warren in a Massachusetts classroom. Hillary Clinton urged people… Read more “POLITICO”
CNN
BLACK NEWBORNS MORE LIKELY TO DIE WHEN LOOKED AFTER BY WHITE DOCTORS. The mortality rate of Black newborns in hospital shrunk by between 39% and 58% when… Read more “CNN”
The Atlantic
THE UNOFFICIAL RACISM CONSULTANTS TO THE WHITE EVANGELICAL WORLD. In the weeks since George Floyd’s death, Philip Pinckney has been inundated with messages from white evangelical pastors who… Read more “The Atlantic”
America Magazine
WHY ‘FEELING RIGHT’ ON RACE IS NOT—AND NEVER HAS BEEN—ENOUGH. Almost 170 years ago, Uncle Tom’s Cabin helped to propel many progressive, elite white women toward abolitionist sympathies. When President… Read more “America Magazine”
CNN
WHY BLACK CHRISTIANS ARE BRACING FOR A ‘WHITELASH’. Trillia Newbell, a Christian author, had just delivered a talk in Jackson, Tennessee, when a White man approached her.… Read more “CNN”
Religion News Service
AMERICA’S HOUSE WILL CRUMBLE IF WE DON’T REPAIR OUR RACIST DIVIDE. When I was a young rabbi I served as an assistant rabbi in a large synagogue.… Read more “Religion News Service”
AP
HARRIS DUAL IDENTITIES CHALLENGE AMERICA’S RACE LABELS. It was just 20 years ago that the U.S. census began to allow Americans to identify as more than one… Read more “AP”
CNN
PHARRELL WILLIAMS:: ‘WE MUST TRUST IN A BLACK VISION OF THE FUTURE’ The singer/producer/composer collaborated with the publication on a special cover project, “The New American Revolution.” For it,… Read more “CNN”
The Sun (U.S.)
‘GIVE UP YOUR HOUSE’ BLACK LIVE MATTERS ACTIVISTS STORM NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEMAND WHITE RESIDENTS GIVE UP THEIR HOMES. Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle have urged white… Read more “The Sun (U.S.)”
Time
PEOPLE OF COLOR LEARN AT A YOUNG AGE THAT THEY MUST BE TWICE AS GOOD. NOW WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO BE TWICE AS KIND. What I experienced… Read more “Time”
Bloomberg Tax
TAX CODE INEQUITIES FUEL CALL FOR IRS TO COLLECT RACE-BASED DATA. IRS data on racial disparities in the laws it administers remains conspicuously absent, but the effort… Read more “Bloomberg Tax”