0 What We're Reading Today (3-14-13)

Jay-Z's Hegemony in the Age of Kanye - Foreign Policy
Marc Lynch

What the Name "Francis I" means for the Modern Church - The Atlantic
David M. Perry

The Midwife of American Freedom - The Atlantic
Ta-Nehisi Coates

China's Hip, New First Lady - The Atlantic
Lily Kuo

Steubenville and Challenging Rape Culture in Sports - The Nation
Dave Zirin

The Emir of NYU: John Sexton's Abu Dhabi Debacle - The Atlantic
Zvika Kreiger

How Racism is Bad for Our Bodies - The Atlantic
Jacob Silverstein

NYPD Violence Looms in Third Day of Protests for Kimani Grey - Colorlines
Jamilah King

Black Lawmakers Demand End to Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline - Colorlines
Seth Fred Wessler

Let's Face It: Israel has a Racism Problem - Haaretz
Ilene Prusher

Israel Harms Palestinian Economy: Report - Al Jazeera

South African Groups Launch 'Israeli Apartheid Week' at Jo'burg Memorial to Apartheid - Mondoweiss
Annie Robbins

Love in the Time of Apartheid - Al Akhbar

The Worst Contracts in the NBA - Grantland
Bill Simmons

Higgs Boson Discovery Confirmed after Physicists Review LHC at CERN - Huffington Post
John Heilprin

47% Filmmaker Tells All - Huffington Post

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

0 What We're Reading Today (3-1-13)

The Dangerous Logic of the Bradley Manning Case - The New Republic
Yochai Benkler

We Aren't the World - The Pacific Standard
Ethan Watters

Supreme Court Poised to Declare Racism Over - Mother Jones
Adam Serwer

Rahm on the Ropes - The Nation
Rick Perlstein

Congress Honors Rosa Parks while the Supreme Court Targets the Voting Rights Act - The Nation
Ari Berman

Goodbye, Bob - Gawker
John Cook

Go for the Throat! - Slate
John Dickerson

0 What We're Reading Today (11-12-12) #2: Political Racism in the Age of Obama, Progressive Surge, #Ninja Please, Latino Voters Expect Results

Political Racism in the Age of Obama - The New York Times
Steve Hahn

Latino Voters' Election Day Statement: "Give my parents papers." - ColorLines
Julianne Hing

A Progressive Surge - The Nation
The Editors

Bringing the Fight to the Billionaires - The Nation
The Editors

So What Now?  Five Racial Justice Thinkers Make Sense of the Election - ColorLines
Jamilah King

Yes We Can, Yes We Did, and Now Obama's Second Term is Our Responsibility - The Nation
Robert Scheer

The 'You're On Your Own' Society - The Nation
Katha Pollitt

Black Lacrosse Player Boycotts Racially-Charged Slogan, "#Ninja Please" - The Grio
Similoluwa Ojurongbe

1 What We're Reading Today (11-7-12): Post-Election Euphoria, How the Election Changed Us, and Nate Silver's Victory Lap

I'm still letting the election results set-in.  I have the sort of electric self-awareness and glee of someone who just lost his virginity.

Yes, there was a War on Women -- and women won
Hindu-Americans have their first face in Congress in Tulsi Gabbard
Gay marriage continues its march toward acceptance in the United States
Marijuana legalization measures were met with success in Washington and Colorado and Massachusetts
Nate Silver slapped other pollsters across the face with his stellar predictions
Barack Obama will serve another four years in the White House

I know I'm forgetting something but there is a collective sense of "BOOYA!" as the reactionary, backwards, hateful, anti-good elements came out in force this year.

Seriously, I just --
#Forward

Photo credit of Grace Michaels

Yes, Obama Won a Mandate - The New Republic
Jonathan Cohn

How the Election Changed America - The Atlantic Wire
Jen Doll

At Romney Headquarters, the Defeat of the 1% - Washington Post
Dana Milbank

America's Chief Wizard, Nate Silver, has Best Election Night of Anyone and Here's Why: A Guide - Gawker
Max Read

2012 US Presidential Race: Who Owns the Candidates - Visual.ly
KyleKim

How Obama Won Ohio - The New Republic
Alec MacGillis

Twitter Racists React to 'That Nigger' getting Re-elected - Jezebel
Tracie Egan Morrissey

What the 2012 Election Taught Us - Washington Post
Chris Cillizza

Special Coverage: The 2012 Presidential Election - Five Thirty Eight
Nate Silver & Co.