racism "Forgotten" African-American cemetery discovered under Florida high school David Pescovitz

Disney Disney’s "Doc McStuffins" renewed after Twitter campaign: female African-American is its rare protagonist Maureen Herman

racism The US military is allegedly investigating the cause of racial disparities in the US military Thom Dunn

History Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones." David Pescovitz

military Nazi bunker in Germany to become "design and lifestyle" hotel David Pescovitz

books The American Library Association says Melvil Dewey is canceled John Struan

trump 16,000 NYT readers share their stories of being told to 'go back' Xeni Jardin

usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes Cory Doctorow

elections The eminently electable Bernie Sanders enjoys strong support from African-Americans and young people Cory Doctorow

politics Two GOP reps meet racist troll Chuck Johnson 'to discuss genetic testing and DNA' Xeni Jardin

politics Mississippi Senator jokes about enjoying a public hanging Rob Beschizza

vote Former US President Carter asks Georgia Secretary of State Kemp to resign Jason Weisberger

sarah sanders White House issues rare apology after Sarah Sanders fudges numbers on jobs for African-Americans Carla Sinclair

mistakes Papa John's founder used N-word in meeting about how he could avoid further PR disasters Rob Beschizza

Science Mental health of black people harmed by police murders of unarmed black people, says medical research Seamus Bellamy

News California police detain Bob Marley's granddaughter for staying at an AirBnB while Black Xeni Jardin

voter suppression A patchwork of state "incompetence" laws cost tens of thousands of Americans their vote every year Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A critical statistics education that fits on a postcard Cory Doctorow

A frightened gentleman Fox News executive VP complains that US Olympians are "Darker, Gayer, Different” Mark Frauenfelder

shithole logic Huckabee: Trump can't be racist because he was on TV Mark Frauenfelder