3 What We're Reading Today (10-5-15)

The Populist Prophet - The New Yorker
Margaret Talbot

Bernie Sanders, the Socialist Mayor  - The Atlantic
Russell Banks

The Breakdown of the Black Family  - The Atlantic
Kay Hymowitz

First, Let's Get Rid of All the Bosses  - The New Republic
Roger D. Hodge

Obama, Guns, and the Politics of Hopelessness - The New Yorker
John Cassidy

Many Former Foster Youths Don't Know They Have Health Care - NPR
Ray Glier

Our George Wallace - Slate
Jamelle Bouie

Jeb Bush, 'Free Stuff' and Black Folks - NY Times
Charles Blow

The Death of Evan Murray - Grantland
Charles Pierce

The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Rights - The Atlantic
Saul Cornell and Eric M. Ruben

The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding - The Atlantic
Gillian B. White

New York Police Will Document Virtually All Instances of Force - NY Times
Al Baker and J. David Goodman

Black patients fare better than whites when both get same healthcare, study finds - Los Angeles Times
Alan Zarembo

Arne Duncan's Wars - Politico
Michael Grunwald

Jorge Ramos' Long Game - NY Times
Marcela Valdes

The American Dream Shatters in Prince George's County - Washington Post
Michael Fletcher

Senate Strikes Compromise on Criminal Justice Reform - Politico
Rachael Bade, Daniel Lippman, and Sarah Wheaton

Henry Dumas Wrote About Black People Killed By Cops. Then He Was Killed By A Cop. - NPR
Beenish Ahmed

Inside the ISIS Blueprint for Winning - The Daily Beast
William McCants

0 What We're Reading Today (9-24-15)

The Washington Region Needs Bold Commitments to End the Housing Crisis - Greater Greater Washington
David Bowers  (read the comments, as well)

White Out: Why integrating America's neighborhoods and cities is harder than we think - Slate
Jamelle Bouie

Eyes all sticking like honey on bees - Matt's Newsletter
Matthew Yglesias

Black patients fare better than whites when both get same healthcare, study finds - LA Times
 Alan Zarembo

What Rugby Can Teach America About Honoring Indigenous Culture - The Atlantic
 Jake Flanagin

Political scientists think "the party" will stop Trump. They shouldn't be so sure. - Vox
Andrew Prokop

What Does Success Look Like for Pope Francis? - Five Thirty Eight
Five Thirty Eight

What Congress Really Thinks of the Pope - Politico
Katelyn Fossett

As Others Flee to West, Most Syrian Refugees Remain in Region - NY Times
Jodi Rudoren

A Modest Proposal - The New Yorker
David Sedaris

How Conservatives Explain Away Republican Islamophobia - New York Magazine
Jonathan Chait

Why I Still Think Fiorina Was a Terrible CEO - Politico
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

The Importance of Donald Trump  - New York Magazine
Frank Rich

Bait and Switch - Harpers
Clare Malone

Here's What the White House's Behavioral Sciences Team Discovered in Its First Year - New York Magazine
Jesse Singal

The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?  - The Atlantic
Graham Allison

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration - The Atlantic
Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Power of Public Housing - The Atlantic
Alana Semuels

Moynihan, Mass Incarceration, and Responsibility - The Atlantic
Ta-Nehisi Coates

0 "The Ghetto, Public Policy, and the Jewish Exception" - Ta-Nehisi Coates

After learning about racial covenants in Professor Sharpe's Home is Where the Hatred Is, I was glad to see that Ta-Nehisi Coates (one of my favorites over at The Atlantic) was doing some research into the matter of his own.  The ways in which racial covenants and the process of red-lining neighborhoods and property led to exploitation and tension between black and Jewish residents leads me to think more on Baldwin's comments in his essay The Harlem Ghetto about the relatoinship between blacks and Jews in Harlem.  Still just raisins in the sun, I guess.

The Ghetto, Public Policy, and the Jewish Exception

How Good Principles can Make Bad Rules - The Daily Beast

Megan McArdle

The Titanic Wealth Gap between Blacks and Whites - The American Prospect

Jamelle Bouie