- The GOP is scared of putting John McCain’s name on a building currently named after a segregationist. Slate
- Florida’s GOP gubernatorial nominee says a vote for his Black opponent would ‘monkey this up’. CNN
- How the Trump administration went easy on small-town police abuses. ProPublica
- Vermont’s only Black woman lawmaker pulls out of race in wake of online threats. HuffPost
- Phillip Goff on the anniversary of Emmett Till’s murder. @DrPhilGoff
- “Texas requires photo ID to vote. Now they’re proposing closing 87 DMV offices where you get ID. 78 counties will have no DMV office. This is same state where you can vote with gun permit but not student ID.” @AriBerman
- Nearly every Native American woman in Seattle survey said she was raped or coerced into sex. Seattle Times
- Indiana principal apologizes after using N-word during schoolwide assembly. Raw Story
- The Tulsa police officer acquitted in the killing of an unarmed Black man is teaching a law enforcement class on surviving a critical incident. Public Radio Tulsa
- Serena Williams is being policed for her blackness. CNN
- “Betsy DeVos is leading a charge to rescind guidance that protects students of color, students with disabilities, & LGBTQ students from being disproportionately targeted for disciplinary measures in violation of their civil rights.” @NewYorkStateAG
- Why racism is so entrenched in the fashion industry. Fast Company
- Trump’s election warning is really about ‘scary Black people’. HuffPost
- Man admits to burning Black man alive in letter to white supremacists. The Root
- S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question. Washington Post
- Muslim woman says TSA forced her to show her menstrual pad during airport screening. HuffPost
- Angry white woman throws yard signs and threatens to kill Hispanic neighbors. Newsweek
- How did Democrats lose the “Solid South?” New data reveal that racial attitudes explain virtually all of the party’s losses after Civil Rights legislation was passed. American Economic Review
AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS
LISTEN: Aretha Franklin’s The Lord Will Make a Way
Teresa Romero, a Mexican immigrant, will be United Farm Workers’ first female president
Andrew Gillum Becomes First African-American Nominee For Florida Governor
Ex-Texas cop guilty of murder for killing unarmed black teen.
Lyft to Offer Free and Discounted Rides to Voters on Election Day
Georgia election officials reject plans to close polls in mostly Black county ahead of midterms
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
SORTA GOOD NEWS
Kanye Apologizes for Saying “Slavery Was a Choice”
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