- ‘You don’t deserve American food!’: Muslim students attacked at McDonald’s. Washington Post
- Just two weeks before Starbucks is set to close thousands of locations for “racial-bias education,” for its employees, the coffee company is once again facing scrutiny after a barista at a store in La Cañada Flintridge, California, targeted a Hispanic customer with a racial slur. NBC San Diego
- Restaurant owner slaps Black female employee. The Root
- “It took the White House 22 days to acknowledge Waffle House hero James Shaw, who stopped a shooter, unarmed, and then raised $250k for the victims. It took Trump 24 hours to personally acknowledge white supremacist Tomi Lahren for getting a drink thrown on her.” @KaivanShroff
- This is living #WhileBlack. Twitter
- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that it’s up to individual schools to decide whether to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they suspect their students are undocumented. Politico
- The Dakota Sioux execution was the largest in U.S. history — but America has forgotten it. Bustle
- This revealing anecdote unmasks Trump’s dehumanization game. Washington Post
- Oklahoma GOP candidate blames hackers for Facebook post proposing euthanasia for disabled people. Raw Story
- Tweet by Daniel José Older. @djolder
- Was slavery a factor in the Second Amendment? New York Times
- People are threatening to boycott Netflix after the Obamas signed a deal with the streaming service. Business Insider
- John Kelly’s forgotten history lessons: One maternal great-grandfather is listed in 1900 U.S. Census records as a day laborer who did not speak English 18 years after coming to America. Daily Beast
- Tweet by Qasim Rashid, Esq. @MuslimIQ
- Pardoning the first Black heavyweight champion doesn’t offset the president’s racialized politics. Washington Post
- NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance. ESPN
- Tweet by Bree Newsome about NFL’s national anthem policy. @BreeNewsome
- #DrivingWhileBlackWithLeavesOnTheWindshield: Kansas man detained for having ‘vegetation’ on window. The Root
- Black defendants receive longer prison terms from Republican-appointed judges. Black defendants fare particularly poorly in federal courtrooms located in the South. Washington Post
- Chesterfield police chief says controversial traffic stop was ‘legal, lawful’. WRIC
AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS
Congress Ends Puerto Rican Banking Loophole
Team Kaepernick strikes back at Pence over his support for NFL kneeling ban
Latinas Leveraging Their Power in the Resistance
Judge rules Trump can’t block users from his Twitter feed
Jets Owner Christopher Johnson Says He Will Pay Players’ Anthem-Related Fines
Stacey Abrams’ Georgia Primary Victory Is the Latest Win for Black Political Organizing
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