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 What We're Reading Today (9-14-15)

The Anti-Redskin - The Atlantic
Ariel Sabar

The Intersection of Faith and Politics - The Atlantic
Erin Kotlan

The vengeful god of Kim Davis: The powerful forces we ignore when we fixate on one Kentucky clerk - Salon
Brittney Cooper

A Brief Visual History of Weapons - The Atlantic

Mark Zuckerberg and the End of Language - The Atlantic
William Davies

Scare Headlines Exaggerated The US Crime Wave - Five Thirty Eight
Carl Bialik 

Why I Put My Wife's Career First - The Atlantic
Andrew Moravcsik

Think Out Loud - The New Repulic
Michael Eric Dyson

Paid Leave's Champions This Week: Obama, Hilton Hotels, and Saudi Arabia - The New Republic
Esther Breger

Parenting Shouldn't Be About Self-Sacrifice, Whatever Your Income - The New Republic
Stacia L. Brown

The First New Subway Stop Since 1989 - New York Times
Emma Cott and Colin Archdeacon

America's Teaching Force, by the Numbers - The Atlantic
Laura McKenna

The Staggering Scale of Germany's Refugee Project - The Atlantic
Heather Horn

Enter the 'Smarmonym' - The Atlantic
Megan Garber

How to Evaluate the Economic Records of Governors Who Want to Be President - Five Thirty Eight
Ben Casselman

Boston Then and Now: 1888-2015 - The Atlantic
Alan Taylor

By: John Cueno

0 What We're Reading Today (9-7-15)

What Schools Will Do to Keep Students on Track - The Atlantic
Kate Grossman

Why the Plan to Shrink New Orleans Failed - Five Thirty Eight
Gary Rivlin

Katrina Washed Away New Orleans's Black Middle Class - Five Thirty Eight
Ben Casselman

Tracking Police Violence A Year After Ferguson - Five Thirty Eight
Donovan X. Ramsey

Chelsea Clinton's Letter to "Dad, Mom" about Haiti - US Department of State
Chelsea Clinton

From rustbelt to bluebelt - The Economist

Watts: How racist housing policy helped light the flame - KCRW
Jolie Myers

Inside the GOP Clown Car - Rolling Stone
Matt Taibbi

The Passion of Kanye West - Rolling Stone
Lola Ogunnaike

Hillary Clinton's Inevitable Problems - Five Thirty Eight
Nate Silver

Police Abuse Is a Form of Terror - NY Times
Charles Blow

A Historic Fight Over Public Housing Makes For Fine Drama on HBO - NPR
Linda Holmes

The Late, Great Stephen Colbert - GQ
Joel Lovell

Struggle and Progress - Jacobin
Eric Foner

Predicting Police Misconduct Before it Happens - WBEZ
Chris Hagan

One family's journey from Aleppo to Austria - Washington Post
Anthony Faiola

The Political Consequences of Spatial Policies: How Interstate Highways Facilitated Geographic Polarization - Stanford University
Clayton Nall

Highways gutted American cities. So why did they build them? - Vox
Joseph Stromberg

Chicago: Cabrini Green 1942-2011 - Blvck Vrchives

Study finds trauma effects may linger in body chemistry of next generation - PBS

How Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby Became My Hero - The New Republic
Stacia L. Brown

What a Decade Has Done for New Orleans's Schools - The Atlantic
Emmanuel Felton

Why Boosting Poor Children's Vocabulary Is Important for Public Health - The Atlantic
Emily Deruy

Beyoncé Returns - The Atlantic
Spencer Kornhaber

Why New Orleans' Black Residents are Still Underwater After Katrina - NY Times
Gary Rivlin

What does it mean to be privileged? - Jamelle Bouie
Jamelle Bouie

Tinder and the Dawn of the Dating Apocalypse - Vanity Fair
Nancy Jo Sales

What About Pain? A Sermon - Soundcloud
Sam Dyson

Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many US Cities - NY Times
Monica Davey and Mitch Smith

The Worst of the Worst - New Yorker
Patrick Radden Keefe

The Most Important Legacy of the Black Panthers - New Yorker
Brandon Harris

An Exile in the Corn Belt - New Yorker
Ruth Margalit

The Yellow House - New Yorker
Sarah M. Broom

Leave Michael Vick Alone: The Racism and Misogyny of Football Fans - New Black Man in Exile
Lawrence Ware

Pullman Porters: Ordinary Men, Extraordinary History - New Black Man in Exile
Mark Anthony Neal

Selling Off Apache Holy Land - NY Times
Lydia Millet

Chance the Rapper's Pitchfork Set Was a Perfect Tribute to the Strife and Growth of the City of Chicago - Pitchfork
Britt Julious

Our Racial Moment of Truth - NY Times
Isabel Wilkerson