Course Materials Links
People:

The links below (which are in color) take you to a selection of course-related news, research, articles, reports, etc. A reminder: keeping up with the news via sites such as the www.BBC.com is a requirement in this course. Reminder: the more you feed your brain with knowledge the better it is for your brain as it matures in the second and final stage of its development—teens to mid-twenties—that most of you are now undergoing. (Read article available here to see what I mean.)

Links below are categorized under the following headings:

A: Africa
AF: African American Studies
AR: Armed Violence / Guns / War / Militarism / Terrorism / Extremism
B: Brain and Learning 
CL: Class / Classism / Capitalism 
DI: Disability
ED: Education / Pedagogy
EV: Environment
GE: Gender
HE: Health / Food
HI: History—General 
IM: Immigrants/ Refugees/ Undocumented Workers
IN: International News
LA: Labor and Exploitation
LW: Law/ Prisons/ Policing 
MA: Mass Media / Social Media / Entertainment / Sports
MI: Miscellaneous Topics  
MU: Music 
PO: Politics
RA: Race/ Ethnicity/ Right Wing Extremism 
RI: Race/Ethnicity —International
RE: Religion
SA: Space Exploration
TE: Technology



A: Africa

  1. The Scottish boat that helps feed Malawi

  2. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/29/opinion/the-future-of-slavery-s-past.html

  3. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35189388 <-- Make sure you study all the images carefully when you access this item.

  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/an-african-country-reckons-with-its-history-of-selling-slaves/2018/01/29/5234f5aa-ff9a-11e7-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html

  5. https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/16/newly_discovered_1964_mlk_speech_on  /Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa

  6. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-troubling-origins-of-the-skeletons-in-a-new-york-museum

  7. Boko Haram crisis: US deploys troops in Cameroon

  8. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36166970

  9. China mines in Zambia 'unsafe' says Human Rights Watch  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15569310

  10. China in Zambia: Jobs or exploitation?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11898960

  11. http://www.nature.com/news/health-agency-reveals-scourge-of-fake-drugs-in-developing-world-1.23051

  12. Poaching boom sees thousands of elephants killed in Gabon  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21352722

  13. US uses drones to target al-Qaeda in the Horn of Africa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15012962

  14. Charles Taylor 'worked' for CIA in Liberia http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16627628 

  15. The Spotlight Shines on Another Central African Warlord http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/03/14/148611020/the-spotlight-shines-on-another-central-african-warlord

  16. The new black elite: Eating sushi while sitting on a ticking bomb. (South Africa) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/12/black-elite-ticking-bomb

  17. South Africa xenophobia: Africa reacts http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32354993

  18. South African mob kills migrants http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7396868.stm

  19. South Africa's xenophobic attacks: Fear and shame http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32299548 

  20. https://youtu.be/LkWldwFdTPo  South Sudan may be heading towards genocide

  21. https://youtu.be/Gn1_-ZcdNQE  Central African Republic: The forgotten crisis

  22. https://youtu.be/dlIYbqEpX08  South Sudan faces famine, potential genocide in civil war

  23. https://youtu.be/B932JeZus9I  How South Sudan's Kiir and Machar 'profited during war' - BBC News 

  24. https://youtu.be/9DXLoRMMVJ0 South Sudan leaders used chaos of war to loot billions, investigation reveals 

  25. https://youtu.be/Vn1evQBK4-c Darfur China's Secret War Full Documentary 

  26. https://youtu.be/FZMogXUA4U8  Meet with the Janjaweed 01

  27. https://qz.com/1226112/fake-food-or-fraud-food-in-nigeria-kenya-and-other-african-countries/



AF: African American Studies

  1. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/the-ongoing-battle-over-ethnic-studies/472422/

  2. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/why-not-take-a-black-studies-class/475782/

  3. https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/03/why-didnt-you-take-a-black-studies-course-in-college/475596/

AR: Armed Violence / Guns / War / Militarism / Terrorism / Extremism 

  1. Has the US forgotten about World War One? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42160971

  2. *Guns in the U.S.--Guns-related Deaths: Data

  3. *U.S. Mass Shootings: Mother Jones Database 

  4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/01/the-hidden-inequality-of-who-dies-in-car-crashes/

  5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-year-end/

  6. http://www.npr.org/2016/02/02/465257993/who-are-americas-homegrown-terrorists <-- Read the transcript up to the first "SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC" subheading. If you can, listen to the podcast as well while reading the transcript

  7. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/01/2015-274-days-294-mass-shootings-hundreds-dead

  8. U.S. Right-Wing Extremism 

  9. Report on Right-Wing Extremism

  10. White Extremist Terrorism: Quebec Mosque Attack: Student Charged

  11. White Extremist Terrorism: (and the power of forgiveness)

  12. White Extremist Terrorism--New York City  (Here & Now)

  13. Terrorism versus Murders in the U.S. Playing the Muslim Card

  14. MH17 Report on Malaysian Airlines Ukrainian Crash

  15. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/18/why-did-we-panic-after-9-11-and-ignore-all-we-knew-about-responding-to-security-threats.html (On torture. NOTE: the U.S. is one of the scores of countries that signed up to the U.N. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment)

  16. (a) http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data [*]

  17. (b) http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/10/2/9439435/americas-gun-violence-statistics [*] 

  18. http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/12/14/gun-control-gun-rights-worldwide

  19. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/01/shooting-in-oregon-11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-america

  20. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/01/2015-274-days-294-mass-shootings-hundreds-dead

  21. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/gun-deaths/

  22. US 'wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq' over decade http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14712172

  23. Report Finds Fraud, Waste by War Contractors Costs Billions http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec11/warcontracts_09-01.html#transcript

  24. Russia angry at Viktor Bout's US guilty verdict http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15572775

  25. Profile: Viktor Bout http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11036569

  26. 'Kremlin links' of alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12208961

  27. 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17634050 

  28. World War I Nurse   http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/nurse-honored-augusta-chiwy/<--alternative link

  29. A fading past: How America remembers World War I http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17620822

  30. Suicides down among US soldiers but violent crimes rise http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16642867

  31. Veterans battle homelessness as they return from war http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13983279

  32. 'Comfort women' snub Japan Osaka Mayor Hashimoto http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22650673

  33. What Japanese history lessons leave out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21226068

  34. Scarred by history: The Rape of Nanking http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/39166.stm

  35. France to increase pensions for Africa war veterans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10617955

  36. A Farewell To Carrot Cake (And Other Things Lost Without World War I) (What If World War I had never happened) http://www.npr.org/2014/03/13/288705963/a-farewell-to-carrot-cake-and-other-things-lost-without-world-war-i

  37. Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block  http://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-online-tracking-device-that-is-virtually-impossible-to-block

  38. http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/

  39. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081  America's gun culture in 10 charts

  40. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40336048  Guns kill 1,300 US children every year, study finds

  41. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15193530  Michael Petit: Why child abuse is so acute in the US

  42. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15288865  America's child death shame

B: Brain and Learning

  1. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38653906 /Babies remember their birth language – scientists

  2. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141216-can-you-live-with-half-a-brain

  3. http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/43805/20160714/man-lives-a-normal-life-despite-missing-90-percent-of-his-brain-doctors-wonder-how.htm

  4. http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/03/poverty-may-affect-growth-children-s-brains [*]

  5. http://www.npr.org/2016/06/30/484129501/researchers-examine-family-income-and-childrens-non-cognitive-skills [*]


CL: Class / Classism / Capitalism

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/25/why-it-costs-so-much-to-be-poor-in-america/

  2. Tax Cuts for the Wealthy   

  3. Current Real Tax Rates Paid by Top U.S. Corporations  

  4. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/poverty-politics-and-profit/

  5. https://qz.com/1185054/world-economic-forum-is-the-inclusive-development-index-a-better-measure-of-progress-than-gdp/

  6. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/24/475499651/3-years-later-bangladeshi-survivors-remember-the-collapse-of-rana-plaza
    http://www.npr.org/2016/04/24/475432149/could-you-come-up-with-400-if-disaster-struck

  7. https://towardfreedom.com/archives/globalism/the-billionaire-boom-82-of-global-wealth-produced-last-year-went-to-richest-1/

  8. https://qz.com/883348/americans-continue-to-kid-themselves-that-if-you-work-hard-you-can-climb-the-ladder/  Data show the “American Dream” is a fallacy and Americans still don’t realize it

  9. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/world/eight-richest-wealth-oxfam.html  World’s 8 Richest Have as Much Wealth as Bottom Half of Global Population

  10. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/poverty-united-states.html

  11. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35918844 (Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens)

  12. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/news/widespread-inequality-risks-increasing-race-tensions-warns-commission

  13. http://www.npr.org/2016/05/11/477547366/is-america-engaged-in-a-vicious-cycle-of-jailing-the-poor
    https://www.revealnews.org/article/who-got-rich-off-the-student-debt-crisis [*]

  14. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/01/un-extreme-poverty-america-special-rapporteur

  15. https://qz.com/886516/martin-luther-king-jr-was-decades-ahead-of-his-time-in-advocating-for-a-universal-basic-income/ (On universal income -- Mlk)

  16. World Inequality Report 2018 http://wir2018.wid.world/executive-summary.html

  17. https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/dec/14/world-richest-increased-wealth-same-amount-as-poorest-half

  18. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/15/america-extreme-poverty-un-special-rapporteur

  19. Panama Papers Q&A: What is the scandal about?

  20. http://www.grunge.com/26656/shady-secrets-wal-mart-doesnt-want-know/s/wal-marts-employees-drain-public-assistance-government-programs-and-wal-mart-wants-it-that-way/

  21. http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/11/07/paradise-papers-roil-the-worlds-elite

  22. [Do Immigrants Cost Jobs?] https://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2017/12/our-town-the-economist%E2%80%99s-report

  23. Bringing Back Corruption: Helping Wall Street fight Main Street (I)

  24. Bringing Back Corruption: Helping Wall Street Fight Main Street (II)

  25. Corruption on Wall Street: Insider Trading

  26. *Capitalism at Work: The U.S. Trade Deficit

  27. The New Face of U.S. Unemployment 

  28. Income inequality and Domestic Politics

  29. Income Inequality: China versus the United States

  30. Capitalism and the Future of Jobs

  31. Capitalism and the Future of Work

  32. Predatory Capitalism versus Socially Responsible Capitalism: Universal Basic Income

  33. *The Continuing Assaults on Unions 

  34. *Cotton Production and Forced Labor

  35. Working Class Anti-Unionism

  36. Not Saving for Retirement

  37. Interesting facts about U.S. currency

  38. Cutting Taxes for the Rich while Imposing it on the Rest of Us

  39. Right to Work Laws = Right to Exploit Laws (Smell the Coffee!)

  40. INTEL cuts prices on its CPUs in anticipation of Ryzen (Capitalism, Competition, and Class Warfare) 

  41. Corporations versus Small Businesses

  42. The Paradise Papers (The Panama Papers Redux?) 

  43. Trumpism and the Economy

  44. Class Warfare: Assaulting Internet Privacy of Consumers

  45. Website for Economic Data 

  46. World's Billionaires http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/

  47. Zhai Meiqing at the forefront of Chinese philanthropy http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15

  48. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Philanthropy: The $600 Billion Challenge

  49. Gates, Buffett Say China Charity Meeting a Success http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/world/asia/01china.html

  50. Cameron to unveil Islamic bond plan (socially responsible investing) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24722440

  51. What is 'Islamic finance'? (socially responsible investing) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21784419

  52. Islamic finance faces growth challenges (socially responsible investing) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20405292

  53. When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/business/when-liking-a-brand-online-voids-the-right-to-sue.html

  54. General Mills Amends New Legal Policies   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/business/general-mills-amends-new-legal-policies.html

  55. How did the US debt get so bad? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14760684

  56. Is Occupy Wall Street bad for the American Dream?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15301200

  57. Why the Haves Have So Much  http://www.npr.org/2011/10/29/141816778/why-the-haves-have-so-much

  58. Raising Minimum Wage: A Help or Harm?  http://www.npr.org/2012/07/08/156458470/raising-minimum-wage-a-help-or-harm

  59. How Well Can You Live on Minimum Wage? (nominal wages versus real wages)

  60. Census: 1 in 15 Americans Among the Poorest of the Poor  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec11/poverty_11-03.html

  61. The U.S. Middle Class Is No Longer the World's Richest

  62. Millionaires' Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus   http://www.opensecrets.org 

  63. Cell Phone Robocalls Ignite Debate in Congress

  64. In Aftermath of Financial Crisis, Who's Being Held Responsible?  http://www.pbs.org   

  65. Land of the Free, Home of the Poor  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/makingsense_08-16.html

  66. HSBC blasted for 'stunning failures over oversight'  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20683421

  67. Awash In Cash, Drug Cartels Rely On Big Banks To Launder Profits Clock ticks on Swiss banking secrecy  (About tax-evasion by the super-rich)

  68. Tax evasion http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22594736

  69. Credit Suisse 'aided' US tax evaders  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26335432

  70. What Do Americans Think About Income Inequality?http://www.npr.org/2014/01/23/265358297/what-do-americans-think-about-income-inequality    (Alternative source for this item)

  71. Fast-Food CEOs Earn Supersize Salaries; Workers Earn Small Potatoes   http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/04/22/305859588/fast-food-ceos-earn-supersized-salaries-workers-earn-small-potatoes

  72. Russian and Chinese companies 'most likely to bribe'  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15544841

  73. Was the food crisis in Kenya avoidable?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14458109

  74. Jack Abramoff: From Corrupt Lobbyist To Washington Reformer  http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/11/18/142506057/jack-abramoff-from-corrupt-lobbyist-to-washington-reformer

  75. Congressmen's incomes triple while America gets poorer  http://rt.com/usa/news/wealth-congress-lawmakers-poor-759/

  76. Inequality in modern-day America is worse than Ancient Rome  http://rt.com/usa/news/inequality-ancient-percent-empire-287/

  77. Take the Money and Run  http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/461/take-the-money-and-run-for-office

  78. Welfare for Ex-U.S. Presidents

  79. After Bangladesh Factory Disaster, Efforts Show Mixed Progress  http://www.npr.org/2014/04/24/306255669/after-bangladesh-factory-disaster-efforts-show-mixed-progress

  80. Frantic search for survivors after Dhaka building collapse http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22289362

  81. Tax avoidance: Developing countries take on multinationals  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22638153

  82. Study: Housing Bust Hit U.S. Minority Households Especially Hard  

  83. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-the-real-reason-many-americans-stay-poor-2018-02-13   



DI: Disability 

  1. https://rewire.news/article/2018/02/05/one-three-disabled-women-sexually-assaulted-campus-new-report-urges-ways-combat/

  2. https://dredf.org/legal-advocacy/school-to-prison-pipeline/

  3. https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2013/the-schooltoprison-pipeline

  4. https://inclusivity.consulting/2017/12/08/school-prison-pipeline-intersection-race-disability/

  5. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/criminal-justice/reports/2016/07/18/141447/disabled-behind-bars/

  6. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dedrick-muhammad/race-wealth-and-disabilit_b_11194954.html

  7. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/materials/infographic-disabilities-ethnicity-race.html

  8. https://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/solitary-confinement/prisoners-physical-disabilities-are-forgotten-and 

  9. https://www.thenation.com/article/invisible-punishment-prisoners-disabilities/

  10. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/08/23/disability/

  11. http://www.thefeministwire.com/2013/11/war-and-disability/   War, women, and disability

  12. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24746680.html  Millions went to war in Iraq, Afghanistan, leaving many with lifelong scars

  13. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/10/the-invisible-power-of-big-glasses-eyewear-industry-essilor-luxottica 

  14. http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/
 
ED: Education / Pedagogy 

  1. Teaching While Black https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/02/03/dealing-discrimination-black-faculty-member-essay

  2. Profiting on the Backs of Students: The For-Profit College Scam (Fresh Air)

  3. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/subtle-racism-is-alive-in-the-academys-corridors

  4. The Cost of Balancing Academia and Racism https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/01/balancing-academia-racism/424887/

  5. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/19/446085513/the-evidence-that-white-children-benefit-from-integrated-schools [*]

  6. https://thinkprogress.org/5-things-that-make-it-hard-to-be-a-black-student-at-a-mostly-white-college-33ef44abe034/

  7. http://www.theguardian.com/careers/ten-signs-career-coding-software-development-right-for-you

  8. https://www.slideshare.net/ElisabethChan/cultural-and-linguistic-discrimination-of-international-students-3-1713

  9. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/learning-self-control.html

  10. History Class and the Fictions About Race in America https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/the-history-class-dilemma/411601/

  11. http://www.npr.org/2015/07/16/423605191/nice-kids-finish-first-study-finds-social-skills-can-predict-future-success

  12. https://hundred.org/en (Successful schools: What works; learning from others)

  13. Education reform: Teaching the teachers https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21700385-great-teaching-has-long-been-seen-innate-skill-reformers-are-showing-best

  14. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/11/16/415212006/did-you-know-you-can-lower-your-student-loan-payments-i-didnt [*]

  15. http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/resources/reports_and_working_papers/working_papers/wp5

  16. http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/resources/reports_and_working_papers/working_papers/wp11/

  17. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131125-why-the-stupid-say-theyre-smart

  18. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/11/14/454858044/your-school-shapes-how-you-think-about-inequality

  19. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/29/upshot/money-race-and-success-how-your-school-district-compares.html

  20. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/27/503502142/people-donated-nearly-100-000-to-dig-a-big-pointless-hole-in-the-ground (On stupidity: the world is full of suckers!)[*]

  21. http://www.businessinsider.com/5-traits-all-emotionally-intelligent-leaders-share-2018-1

  22. The Incalculable Value of Finding a Job You Love

  23. https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2017/01/24/the-dunning-kruger-effect-shows-why-some-people-think-theyre-great-even-when-their-work-is-terrible

  24. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131125-why-the-stupid-say-theyre-smart

  25. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/savingandinvesting/14-money-lessons-rich-parents-teach-their-kids/ar-BBIi3UY

  26. https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/21704-3-lessons-on-managing-criticism-from-others

  27. https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/i-tried-emailing-like-your-boss

  28. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180124-the-enduring-appeal-of-conspiracy-theories

  29. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160323-why-are-people-so-incredibly-gullible

  30. https://www.npr.org/2017/11/17/564608245/wendy-troxel-does-high-school-start-too-early

  31. Computers 'do not improve' pupil results, says OECD

  32. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/upshot/first-rule-of-the-job-hunt-find-something-you-love-to-do.html [*]

  33. Department of Education finds pattern of inequality by race in public schools (The school-to-prison pipeline)

  34. Study finds high SAT and ACT scores might not spell success at college (SATs--good intentions gone awry)

  35. The New SAT: Less Vocabulary, More Linear Equations   http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/16/303769778/the-new-sat-less-vocabulary-more-linear-equations

  36. $1 trillion student loan debt widens US wealth gap http://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-trillion-student-loan-debt-141440433.html

  37. Who Gets to Define Ethnic Studies? / The Future of Ethnic Studies

  38. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/22/304563233/what-exactly-is-high-quality-preschool

  39. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/23/306158139/can-high-quality-preschool-make-a-big-difference-later-on

  40.  http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/education/what-do-students-actually-learn-college

  41. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/22/305960143/high-court-upholds-michigans-affirmative-action-ban

  42. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/23/306158125/propronents-of-affirmative-action-losing-the-battle

  43. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/04/22/public-strongly-backs-affirmative-action-programs-on-campus/

  44. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/23/306102467/income-inequality-is-a-major-barrier-to-attending-college

  45. https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557418328/tristan-harris-do-our-devices-control-more-than-we-think

  46. https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557421075/ali-velshi-in-an-age-of-alternative-facts-how-do-we-know-what-s-true

  47. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/24/306167197/when-money-trumps-need-in-college-admissions

  48. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/22/305814367/evidence-of-racial-gender-biases-found-in-faculty-mentoring

  49. http://nypost.com/2014/05/30/teen-student-jumps-to-death-after-shes-caught-cheating/

  50. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hidden-deal-public-service-debt-forgiveness-for-grads-2014-06-09

  51. Pataki's SUNY Shock (An old news story that continues to have relevance today) http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-02-11/news/pataki-s-suny-shock/

  52. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/09/a-white-racism-class-just-started-at-a-florida-university-police-were-on-standby

  53. http://theconversation.com/why-i-teach-a-course-called-white-racism-90093

  54. https://longreads.com/2018/02/20/the-great-online-school-scam/

EV: Environment 

  1. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/war-on-the-epa/

  2. Plastic pollution: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42920383

  3. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qve8nb/epa-scott-pruitt-global-warming-isnt-so-bad-vgtrn

  4. The Melting of the Ice Caps--A Disaster in the Making

  5. https://www.marchforscience.com

  6. War on Science and a Safe Environment

  7. http://www.npr.org/2015/11/10/455432704/rich-nations-should-pay-to-preserve-amazon-rainforest-brazilian-politician-says

  8. https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/food-system-shock-climate-changes-greatest-threat-to-civilization

  9. Marine population halved since 1970 - report

  10. Obama scraps tighter smog rules  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14771354

  11. The world at seven billion http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15368276

  12. Bluefin tuna record Fukushima radioactivity  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18239107

  13. Legacy of Bhopal disaster poisons Olympics  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18254334

  14. CITES meeting to deal with species 'extinction crisis'  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21629176

  15. 'Dark Money' Provides the Fuel Behind Global Warming Denial

  16. https://rewire.news/article/2017/03/01/report-flint-crisis-couldnt-happened-whiter-wealthier-cities/

  17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/15/pollution-is-substantially-worse-in-minority-neighborhoods-across-the-u-s/

  18. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-poor-neighborhoods-breate-more-hazardous-particles/#

  19. http://fortune.com/2016/02/04/environmental-race-poverty-flint/

  20. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/urban-noise-pollution-worst-poor-minority-neighborhoods-segregated-cities

  21. http://radio.wosu.org/post/along-rust-belt-minority-communities-segregated-air-pollution

  22. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-pollution-minority-communities_us_57fa6cd6e4b0b6a4303324c8

  23. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2016/04/25/136361/5-things-to-know-about-communities-of-color-and-environmental-justice/

GE: Gender

  1. Rape on the Night Shift https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/rape-on-the-night-shift/

  2. https://qz.com/1190996/scientific-research-shows-gender-is-not-just-a-social-construct/

  3. https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-25/gold-medalist-dominique-moceanu-warned-us-10-years-ago-about-abuse-usa-gymnastics

  4. #MeToo was started for black and brown women and girls. They’re still being ignored https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/09/the-waitress-who-works-in-the-diner-needs-to-know-that-the-issue-of-sexual-harassment-is-about-her-too/

  5. https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/11/26/female-sports-reporters-sexual-harassment-media-circus

  6. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/nov/30/donald-trump-sexual-misconduct-allegations-full-list

  7. https://conditionallyaccepted.com/2017/03/03/series-sexual-violence/

  8. http://www.slate.com/blogs/better_life_lab/2017/11/14/in_an_industry_rife_with_hidden_abuses_victories_in_eight_states_point_the.html

  9. http://ideas.time.com/2012/11/27/why-domestic-workers-need-a-bill-of-rights/

  10. https://www.domesticworkers.org/sites/default/files/bs_dw_trafficking_infographic.jpg

  11. Just Like Family (Domestic Workers) https://linkedthroughslavery.com/2015/06/28/just-like-family/

  12. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-question-of-race-in-campus-sexual-assault-cases/539361/

  13. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-campus-rape-policy/538974/

  14. Navigating STEM: Afro Caribbean Women Overcoming Barriers of Gender and Race http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244017742689

  15. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/13/black-woman-always-fetishised-racism-in-bedroom

  16. Romance [rape as mass entertainment] https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/when-pop-culture-sells-dangerous-myths-about-romance/549749/

  17. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/us/a-third-of-college-women-experience-unwanted-sexual-contact-study-finds.html  [*]

  18. https://www.npr.org/2017/12/19/571911565/how-battles-over-sex-gender-and-sexual-orientation-fractured-american-politics

  19. https://www.splendidtable.org/story/harassment-in-the-restaurant-industry-francis-lam-commentary

  20. Race in the US: Herstory http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/09/race-herstory-150904052450065.html

  21. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa338b/rick-perry-apparently-thinks-fossil-fuels-are-a-good-way-to-stop-sexual-assault-vgtrn

  22. Sexual Harassment in the Virtual World

  23. Race, Gender, Marginality, and Historical Amnesia

  24. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace-I

  25. Conservative Women and the Male Gaze 

  26. Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

  27. Death During Childbirth: the U.S. Story

  28. Intersectionality in the Real World: Becoming Ms. Burton  (radio program)  

  29. Transgender Teen Murdered and Mutilated

  30. http://www.thehuntinggroundfilm.com

  31. Hunting Ground Action Toolkit

  32. http://www.npr.org/2015/11/17/455888062/for-women-income-inequality-continues-into-retirement

  33. CDC Survey: 1 In 4 Women Attacked By Partner  http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143735043/cdc-survey-finds-1-in-4-women-attacked-by-partner

  34. UK to launch anti-rape scheme in war zones  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18245780

  35. Guns, Girls, and Games  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s9jly

  36. Viewpoint: What if women ruled the world?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21661744

  37. Justice Department Announces More Than $12.6 Million in Grants to 20 Communities to Reduce Dating

  38. Violence  http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/February/13-ovw-256.html

  39. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/1is2many   1 is 2 Many  (sexual violence and harassment in college)

  40. Change In Law May Spur Campus Action On Sexual Assaults  http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/28/173161650/change-in-law-may-spur-campus-action-on-sexual-assaults

  41. Ohio Rape Case: Charges Possible Over Silence http://news.sky.com/story/1066082/ohio-rape-case-charges-possible-over-silence

  42. Republicans Take Credit For Violence Against Women Act After Voting Against it http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/republicans-vawa-take-credit-voted-against.php

  43. International Women's Day 2013: 7 Sadly Disturbing Truths About Women's Bodies (HOW YOU CAN HELP)

  44. Off The Battlefield, Military Women Face Risks From Male Troops   http://www.npr.org/2013/03/20/174756788/off-the-battlefield-military-women-face-risks-from-male-troops

  45. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/02/female-named-hurricanes-kill-more-than-male-because-people-dont-respect-them-study-finds/

  46. Do Female-Named Hurricanes Need To Lean In?  http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/06/03/318458538/do-female-named-hurricanes-need-to-lean-in

  47. http://bernicesandler.com/id44.htm  "Too Strong for a Woman"--The Five Words That Created Title IX

  48. https://newrepublic.com/article/146987/government-finally-cracking-sexual-harassers-science

  49. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/08/thandie-newton-more-black-women-movies-need-intersectionality-feminism

  50. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/21/587671849/a-new-survey-finds-eighty-percent-of-women-have-experienced-sexual-harassment

  51. https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sexual-misconduct/harassed-hospitals-operating-rooms-women-medicine-await-their-metoo-moment-n846031

  52. https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/10/30/499243803/even-in-a-virtual-world-the-harsh-reality-of-sexual-harassment-persists

  53. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39003904   Hidden Figures: How Nasa hired its first black women 'computers'

  54. Intimate Partner Violence 

  55. Black Feminism

  56. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271647.php  The size of the average male reproductive organ according to research

  57. https://nowthisnews.com/videos/her/male-professor-likens-period-cramps-to-heart-attacks



HE: Health / Food

  1. http://www.npr.org/2016/01/02/461735226/lead-poisoning-in-michigan-highlights-weakened-water-systems-nationwide  

  2. Middle-Aged Whites and Rising Mortality

  3. Life Expectancy: Canada versus the U.S.

  4. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat

  5. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/04/460620606/lack-of-deep-sleep-may-set-the-stage-for-alzheimers

  6. https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/eggs/

  7. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/15/571187112/trump-administration-moves-to-kill-rules-for-organic-eggs

  8. Profits versus Clean Water (Coal mining)

  9. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/11/14/363835596/big-mayo-vs-little-mayo-which-brand-has-egg-on-its-face

  10. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/11/462375558/our-favorite-banana-may-be-doomed-can-new-varieties-replace-it

  11. http://www.npr.org/2016/01/01/461714334/-concussion-forces-those-who-play-football-to-contemplate-safety-risks

  12. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/03/472684953/is-there-wood-pulp-in-that-parmesan-how-scientists-sniff-out-food-fraud

  13. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/17/498232752/forget-tomayto-tomahto-the-real-debate-is-should-it-be-refrigerated

  14. Processed meats do cause cancer - WHO

  15. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/476636183/death-certificates-undercount-toll-of-medical-errors

  16. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p048k51z (Finding Rest in the Modern World)

  17. Could 'pink slime' be rebranded?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17615456

  18. When did potatoes become unpopular?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15377913

  19. Congress Pushes Back On Healthier School Lunches  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=142332405

  20. U.S. Opts Not to Ban BPA in Canned Foods  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=us-opts-not-to-ban-bpa-in-can

  21. Genetically Modified Fish

  22. How Your Love of Burgers May Be Helping To Drive Wildlife Extinct http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/03/21/291495523/how-your-love-of-burgers-may-be-helping-to-drive-wildlife-extinct

  23. Why 500 Million U.S. Seafood Meals Get Dumped in the Sea  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/03/21/292094853/why-500-million-u-s-seafood-meals-get-dumped-in-the-sea

  24. Tainted Rice Part of China's Pollution Problem  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/globalhealth/july-dec11/china_11-29.html

  25. Jamie Oliver leads drive to buy misshapen fruit and vegetables   http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/01/jamie-oliver-leads-drive-to-buy-misshapen-fruit-and-vegetables

  26. How Safe Is Your Ground Beef?  http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/how-safe-is-your-ground-beef

  27. Counterfeit drugs targeted by technology in India  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15208595

  28. Counterfeit Medicine  http://www.fda.gov/

  29. What's happened to Thalidomide babies?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15536544

  30. Is Top-Dollar Treatment Getting Americans the Best Health Care in the World?   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/11/american-health-care-in-four-graphics.html

  31. California Hospital Chain Eyed for Possibly Bilking Medicare for Millions  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec11/medicare_12-19.html

  32. Norovirus: Far More Likely to Come from Restaurant than Cruise ship  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/06/03/318524155/norovirus-far-more-likely-to-come-from-restaurant-than-cruise-ship

  33. Guatemalans 'died' in 1940s US syphilis study http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14712089 

  34. https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants


HI: History—General 

  1. *Deep History: Human Origins

  2. *World History: History of Paper

  3.  http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/17/whats-behind-spains-offer-of-citizenship-to-jews.html

  4. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/opinion/the-words-that-killed-medieval-jews.html

  5. Spanish Inquisition—Torture

  6. http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/spanish-inquisition.htm [*]

  7. New human-like species discovered in S Africa

  8. MLK visits India

  9. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38130244 (Oskar Groening conviction) [*]

  10. http://online.wsj.com/ww1/ (100 Years: Legacies of the Lasting Impact of World War I)

  11. Ancient 'paint factory' unearthed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15257259

  12. Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511

  13. Nazi-looted Klimt 'to be returned to owner's grandson' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13156213

  14. France, Britain Remember End to Bloody World War http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/11/france-britain-remember-end-to-bloody-world-war.html

  15. Movie Review: Buried Prayers http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/movies/buried-prayers-a-documentary-by-steven-meyer-review.html

  16. 'Emancipating Lincoln': A Pragmatic Proclamation http://www.npr.org/2012/03/14/148520024/emancipating-lincoln-a-pragmatic-proclamation

  17. Who, What, Why: How many soldiers died in the US Civil War? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17604991

  18. Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21631427

  19. North Korea--Never at Peace http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22033825

  20. http://cherwell.org/2017/12/23/churchill-and-india/ The shameful truth about Churchill

  21. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/10/in-winston-churchill-hollywood-rewards-a-mass-murderer/


IM: Immigrants/ Refugees/ Undocumented Workers

  1. Child Migrants: The Horrors of their Experiences

  2. How Would Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Have Affected His Own Team? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/18/donald-trump-immigration-chain-migration-dan-scavino-tomi-lahren-216332

  3. Facts about Immigrants in the U.S.

  4. https://www.jta.org/2018/01/22/news-opinion/united-states/a-jewish-journalist-is-confronting-trumps-immigration-advisers-with-their-own-immigrant-histories

  5. Illegal Irish Immigrants

  6. Immigration and Employment in the U.S.: Facts versus Myths

  7. Looking for Workers in Agriculture

  8. Immigration and Employment in the U.S.: Facts versus Myths

  9. How-did-we-get-to-11-million-unauthorized-immigrants

  10. http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/09/02/436905795/why-are-migrants-surging-into-europe-now

IN: International News

  1. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37172002 (Philippines drugs war: The woman who kills dealers for a living)

  2. http://www.redressonline.com/2012/08/palestinian-history-on-a-billboard-vs-israeli-fanaticism-on-the-ground/ [*]

  3. http://www.redressonline.com/2016/06/watch-the-occupation-of-the-american-mind-israels-public-relations-war-in-the-united-states/  [*]

  4. The Politics of U.S. Foreign Aid

  5. http://www.npr.org/2016/05/13/477974553/lawrence-in-arabia-author-examines-lasting-impact-of-sykes-picot-agreement

  6. China media denounce US warship in South China Sea

  7. Why is the South China Sea contentious?

  8. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/ [*]

  9. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38654176 / All aboard the China-to-London freight train

  10. The 38-year connection between Irish republicans and Gaddafi http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12539372

  11. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37281821 (Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe)

  12. Journalist Goes Undercover to Report on Syrian Dissidents http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec11/syria_11-08.html

  13. The Paris Attacks Were Not About Freedom of Expression (About the Attack on French Cartoonists)

  14. Freedom Rider: Charlie Hebdo: “Je Suis White People" (About the Attack on French Cartoonists)

  15. The Abuse of Satire (About the Attack on French Cartoonists)

  16. 'Demolishing Homes, Demolishing Peace' http://www.icahd.org/?p=8267

  17. For Complainers, A Stint In China's 'Black Jails' http://www.npr.org/2012/11/01/163949720/for-complainers-a-stint-in-chinas-black-jails

  18. June 4: The Day that Defines, and Still Haunts China http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/06/03/318454674/june-4-the-day-that-defines-and-still-haunts-china

  19. The true Gaza back-story that the Israelis aren’t telling this week http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-true-gaza-backstory-that-the-israelis-arent-telling-this-week-9596120.html

  20. Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24721779

  21. Istanbul's underwater Bosphorus rail tunnel opens to delight and foreboding  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/istanbul-underwater-bosphorus-rail-tunnel-european-asian-earthquake

  22. Czech deer still avoid Iron Curtain http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27129727


LA: Labor and Exploitation

  1. Child Labor Abuse in Israel

  2. Abuse of Female Migrant Labor in the Middle East

  3. Migrant Worker Abuse in the Middle East

  4. Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand

  5. Slave Labor and the Seafood Industry in Asia

  6. Eating Out: The Human Costs of Cheap Labor in U.S. Restaurants

LW: Law/ Prisons/ Policing 

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/14/video-shows-police-tackling-and-beating-a-black-man-suspected-of-stealing-a-car-it-was-his/  Video shows police tackling and beating a black man suspected of stealing a car. It was his.

  2. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/01/11/behind-the-badge/  Behind the Badge: Amid protests and calls for reform, how police view their jobs, key issues and recent fatal encounters between blacks and police

  3. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/23/475369524/awoken-by-n-y-cop-shooting-asian-american-activists-chart-way-forward

  4. http://www.npr.org/2016/04/16/474522426/parsing-the-lasting-legacy-of-clarence-thomas-confirmation-fight [*]

  5. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/us/chicago-police-dept-plagued-by-systemic-racism-task-force-finds.html

  6. Daniel Shaver begged officers not to shoot him. (a) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/a-police-killing-without-a-hint-of-racism/546983/  (b) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/footage-of-a-police-killing-that-jurors-didnt-punish/547868/

  7. Cycle of Injustice in New York 

  8. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/us/supreme-court-rules-in-samantha-elauf-abercrombie-fitch-case.html (Hijab and the Supreme Court)

  9. https://www.nature.com/news/evidence-based-justice-corrupted-memory-1.13543

  10. The Supreme Court and Class Warfare

  11. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/09/438581667/report-judges-have-too-much-control-in-public-defense-system

  12. https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/the-presence-of-justice/#deluxe-body

  13. Ex-Oklahoma deputy Robert Bates guilty of killing unarmed suspect  

  14. Jury finds white Oklahoma cop not guilty in shooting of unarmed black man 

  15. A white security officer told police he was shot by a black man. Turns out, he’d shot himself, police say. 

  16. Man 'wrongly' jailed for decades for killing UK tourist

  17. http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2016/03/3/india-cummings--erie-county-holding-center--buffalo--matthew-albert.html See also: 

  18. http://buffalochronicle.com/2016/03/03/something-demonic-is-happening-in-buffalos-county-jail/

  19. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37038421 (US government blasts Baltimore police over race)

  20. US court case reveals CIA rendition details http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14745941

  21. What happened in Europe's secret CIA prisons? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-1146936   

  22. CIA prisons in Hungary and Poland

  23. The nature of President Obama's rendition program http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14862161

  24. 'Kill team' leader Calvin Gibbs tried for Afghan deaths http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15499132

  25. 'Kill team' leader Calvin Gibbs guilty of murder http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15687522

  26. Federal Appeals Court Rules Against GPS Tracking http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/33/3333.asp

  27. Supreme Court Hears Landmark GPS Tracking Case http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec11/scotus_11-08.html

  28. http://www.npr.org/2012/04/02/149866209/high-court-supports-strip-searches-for-minor-offenders

  29. The Fight to Prove an Innocent Man Was Executedhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june12/deathpenalty_05-24.htm

  30. http://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153308670/exoneration-list-shows-patterns-in-false-convictions

  31. Bike Path Rapist (Buffalo)http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/blog/article/bike-path-rapist-and-murderer-altemio-sanchez/index.html

  32. James Meredith 'still at war' 50 years after ending segregation on Mississippi campus http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19734976

  33. Prism and privacy: What could they know about me?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22853432

  34. Herman Wallace ordered released after 41 years in solitary  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24359235

  35. Forty years in solitary confinement and counting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17564805

  36. Age Discrimination Takes Its Toll

  37. Study: Record number of US convicts cleared in 2013

  38. The Extreme Partisanship of John Roberts's Supreme Court (The Myth of an Impartial Court: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Politics of Ideology)

  39. Herman Cain, Clarence Thomas, and sexual harassment  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15471756

  40. Clarence Thomas's wife asks Anita Hill for an apology over voicemail  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/oct/20/ginni-thomas-apology-anita-hill-voicemail-clarence-thomas

  41. Clarence Thomas's conservatism: the first 20 years http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/13/clarence-thomas-conservatism-20-years

  42. Sweet Virginia: The wife of Justice Clarence Thomas is a Tea Party activist. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/10/12/sweet-virginia.html  

  43. After Christopher Dorner, What Next for the LAPD?  http://nation.time.com/2013/02/14/after-christopher-dorner-what-next-for-the-lapd/

  44. New Orleans police go on trial over Katrina shooting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13938349

  45. Former policemen in Katrina bridge shootings jailed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17616965

  46. Repeated Gaffes Ultimately Halted Ex-Cop’s Rampage http://nation.time.com/2013/02/13/sheriff-dorner-cabin-not-purposely-burned-in-firefight/

  47. Weighing Race and Hate in a Mississippi Killing  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/us/23jackson.html       Alternative link to this story

  48. Girl Gets Beaten by Police for Accidentally Knocking a Potted Plant Off Her Windowsill http://boycewatkins.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/girl-gets-beaten-by-police-for-accidentally-knocking-a-potted-plant-off-her-windowsill/

  49. Cops Beat Girl Because Plant Blew Away - Nicole Boyd - Philadelphia - August 2011  http://youtu.be/gN6rggavdho

  50. Obama urges 'calm reflection' after Zimmerman verdict  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23309534

  51. 'Trayvon Martin could have been me' - Barack Obama http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23382880

  52. Who are Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17682245

  53. The 6 Decisions That Could Have Saved Trayvon Martin's Life http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/15/6-decisions-trayvon_n_3600690.html

  54. Outrage, protests grow over shooting of unarmed Florida teen  http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/21/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html

  55. Ex-officer charged in US shooting http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7830077.stm

  56. Violence after California police shooting trial verdict http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10565543

  57. Fruitvale Station (review of docudrama film based on the California police shooting) http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fruitvale-station-2013

  58. Renisha McBride Rally Calls For Justice After Homeowner Claims Shooting Was Accidental  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/renisha-mcbride-rally-shooting-accidental_n_4235468.html

  59. The Jordan Davis killing

  60. Living while Black in the Good Ole U.S.

  61. The Martin Brown Killing: Self-Segregation: Why It's So Hard for Whites to Understand Ferguson (race and social networks)

  62. The seven racist e-mails the Justice Department highlighted in its report on Ferguson police http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/03/04/the-seven-racist-e-mails-the-justice-department-highlighted-in-its-report-on-ferguson-police/

  63. For 22 Years, Caught in a Murder Case’s Tangled Web (wrongful conviction)

  64. https://www.economist.com/news/international/21738349-even-though-they-are-ineffective-some-countries-killer-cops-are-celebrated 


MA: Mass Media / Social Media / Entertainment /Sports


  1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) http://www.filmsite.org/birt.html

  2. D.W. Griffith http://sensesofcinema.com/2006/great-directors/griffith/

  3. The Political Art of Dodging Questions (media literacy)

  4. The REAL ‘Lone Ranger’ Was an African American Lawman Who Lived with Native American Indians http://politicalblindspot.com/the-real-lone-ranger-was-an-african-american-lawman-who-lived-with-native-american-indians/

  5. https://www.thoughtco.com/common-racial-stereotypes-in-movies-television-2834718

  6. https://www.thoughtco.com/tv-film-stereotypes-arabs-middle-easterners-2834648

  7. https://www.thoughtco.com/native-american-stereotypes-in-film-television-2834655

  8. https://www.thoughtco.com/common-black-stereotypes-in-tv-film-2834653

  9. https://www.thoughtco.com/latino-stereotypes-in-television-and-film-2834654

  10. https://www.thoughtco.com/asian-american-stereotypes-in-t-film-2834652

  11. http://theconversation.com/how-media-sexism-demeans-women-and-fuels-abuse-by-men-like-weinstein-85789

  12. White women and racist insensitivity

  13. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/01/hollywood-film-women-lgbt-hispanic-disabled-people-diversity

  14. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/12/592982327/national-geographic-reckons-with-its-past-for-decades-our-coverage-was-racist 

  15. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/largest-study-ever-fake-news-mit-twitter/555104/ 

  16. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/from-the-editor-race-racism-history/ 

  17. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/2/16956440/super-bowl-2018-concussion-cte-nfl-brain-damage

MI: Miscellaneous Topics  

  1. https://worldbicyclerelief.org/en/

  2. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/28/us-guns-mass-shootings-hoax-conspiracy-theories

  3. https://kottke.org/18/01/how-haiti-became-poor

  4. A Perilous Ride to a Remote Valley

  5. http://retractionwatch.com/2014/07/08/sage-publications-busts-peer-review-and-citation-ring-60-papers-retracted/

  6. After learning she was stolen at birth, teen faces tough choice

  7. India's switched-at-birth babies who refused to swap back http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42743982

  8. Russian girls swapped at birth win compensation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15521803

  9. Switched at birth, then meeting aged 12 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15432846

  10. Switched At Birth http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/360/switched-at-birth

  11. The Psychology of Poverty and the "Scarcity Trap"

  12. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/what-crime-most-changed-the-course-of-history/537924/

  13. http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/03/how-big-average-penis [*]

  14. Americans Don't Really Understand Gun Violence: Why? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/guns-nonfatal-shooting-newtown-las-vegas/548372/

  15. Syria: The story of the conflict

  16. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37461048 (Obama opens African-American museum in Washington DC)

  17. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37454527 (A 'living building' for the black American experience)

  18. http://www.npr.org/2015/11/15/456121870/grief-knows-no-native-tongue-but-we-must-listen-wherever-it-speaks

  19. http://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/10-schools-of-philosophy-and-why-you-should-know-them

  20. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hug-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away/

  21. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-combat-loneliness-promote-social-health1/

  22. The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge

  23. Following orders 'distances us' from our own actions

  24. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/15/loneliness-heightened-by-social-media-jo-coxs-sister-says

  25. Alienation: Opiod Addiction in the U.S.

  26. Do you Have an Idea to Help Fix the World?

  27. Deaths from Child Abuse in the U.S.

  28. A belated thank you to African Americans http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-american-experience-20170402-story.html

  29. Does Crime Drop When Immigrants Move In? http://www.npr.org/2013/03/08/173642807/does-crime-drop-when-immigrants-move-in

  30. Sky Walking: Raising Steel, A Mohawk Ironworker Keeps Tradition Alive http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/mar/19/sky-walking-raising-steel-mohawk-ironworker-keeps-tradition-alive/

  31. America's Worst Charities http://cironline.org/americasworstcharities

  32. Tips are not optional, they are how waiters get paid in America http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/01/fired-applebees-waitress-needs-tips

  33. America's child death shame http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15288865

  34. 16-Year-Old Survives In Wheel Well o*f Maui Flight http://www.npr.org/2014/04/21/305461733/16-year-old-survives-in-wheel-well-of-maui-flight

  35. Woman posts about ‘Happy’ song on Facebook seconds before fatal Business 85 crash http://myfox8.com/2014/04/25/woman-posted-to-facebook-seconds-before-fatal-business-85-crash/

  36. Police: Father charged in toddler’s death was sexting while the boy died in his hot SUV http://kfor.com/2014/07/03/police-father-charged-in-toddlers-death-was-sexting-while-the-boy-died-in-his-hot-suv/

  37. Nobody Cares How Awesome You Are at Your Job http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-23/nobody-cares-how-awesome-you-are-at-your-job

  38. How facial features drive our first impressions http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28512781

  39. *After learning she was stolen at birth, teen faces tough choice http://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-learning-she-was-stolen-at-birth-teenager-faces-tough-choice

  40. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/27-most-common-job-interview-questions-and-answers.html

  41. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/15-favorite-interview-questions-to-completely-disarm-job-candidates-in-a-really-good-way.html 

  42. *http://www.tampabay.com/projects/girl-in-the-window/neglect-feral-child-ten-years-later/ 

  43. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-role-of-luck-in-life-success-is-far-greater-than-we-realized/ 

  44. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/us/irish-slaves-myth.html 

  45. https://lifehacker.com/what-research-says-happiness-really-is-1730503184 

  46. https://lifehacker.com/this-is-how-many-friends-you-need-to-be-happy-1823425885 

  47. https://www.livestrong.com/sscat/cold-and-flu/

  48. https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2017/10/20/what-should-you-major-in-if-you-want-to-be-a-billionaire/  What Should You Major In If You Want To Be A Billionaire?

  49. https://www.theladders.com/career-advice 

    MU: Music 

    1. http://www.npr.org/2016/10/17/497797809/from-composer-vangelis-a-true-story-set-in-outer-space [*]

    2. http://sfjazz.blogspot.com/2015/09/east-meets-west-indian-classical-music.html

    3. Will the creator of modern music please stand up? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/16/popandrock

    4. Changing the World: Rock 'n' Roll Culture and Ideology http://www.dntownsend.com/Site/Rock/1orig.htm

    5. *Music and Deep History: Vangelis and the Rosetta Mission

    6. (a) Misogyny in Music

    7. (b) Misogyny in Music

    8. http://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2018/02/living-in-f-e-a-r-a-discussion-with-marillions-steve-rothery 

    9. https://youtu.be/hQx2cXZk5o0  Opera singers sing for schoolchildren at lunch!

    10. https://youtu.be/TRktavB7KRQ  Flashmob Nürnberg 2014 - Ode an die Freude 

    11. https://youtu.be/peidgSY8A50 The Washington Post March  United States Army Field Band 

    12. https://youtu.be/Tx1nUTwngvg  Moon River - The Jazz Ambassadors 

    13. https://youtu.be/DgULT3Lc1wQ  First Time In India..!! Instrumental FlashMob -Abhijith P S Nair &Band feat. Fahad Fasil (A.R.Rahman) 

    14. https://youtu.be/Y8VgnWV6RtU NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF KENYA - FLASH MOB (VILLAGE MARKET, NAIROBI)) 

    15. https://youtu.be/vOYFd9N9nLo  FLASH MOB AEROPORTO FALCONE E BORSELLINO




    PO: Politics

    1. http://fortune.com/2016/03/08/trump-university-financial-elder-abuse-charges/

    2. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-kkk-connection-dad-klan-riot-arrest-article-1.2546656

    3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/08/what-donald-trump-doesnt-seem-to-understand-about-the-kkk/

    4. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/03/437212553/ben-carson-the-other-republican-outsider-on-the-rise

    5. http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37889032

    6. http://www.npr.org/2017/01/20/510629447/watch-live-president-trumps-inauguration-ceremony /Trump's Inaugural Address, Annotated

    7. http://www.npr.org/2017/01/19/510491692/the-america-donald-trump-is-inheriting-by-the-numbers

    8. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/21/aftermath-sixteen-writers-on-trumps-america

    9. http://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499274789/rigging-an-election-its-not-so-easy-voting-law-expert-says

    10. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/2/16929764/how-democracies-die-trump-book-levitsky-ziblatt

    11. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/16/439574726/how-asian-american-voters-went-from-republican-to-democratic

    12. https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/15/us-presidents-listed#data

    13. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html

    14. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

    15. Why Trump Tweets (And Why We Listen) https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/26/donald-trump-twitter-addiction-216530

    16. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/barack-obama-doris-kearns-goodwin-interview

    17. http://www.npr.org/2016/09/13/493763493/charts-see-how-quickly-white-non-college-voters-have-fled-the-democratic-party

    18. http://www.npr.org/2016/04/19/474835424/sanders-has-been-losing-in-states-where-income-inequality-is-worse

    19. ‘Trump Revealed’: The reporting archive (About book on Trump—sources)

    20. http://www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497799354/a-list-of-donald-trumps-accusers-of-inappropriate-sexual-conduct

    21. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-supporters-for-intolerance.html

    22. https://monthlyreview.org/2017/04/01/neofascism-in-the-white-house/

    23. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37345444 (US approves record $38bn Israel military aid deal)

    24. Member of Congressional Black Caucus: Trump Has Brought Normalized Racism To White House https://www.npr.org/2018/01/20/579443004/member-of-congressional-black-caucus-trump-has-brought-normalized-racism-to-whit

    25. Measuring Donald Trump’s Supporters for Intolerance

    26. Make America Hate Again

    27. Is Donald Trump a Racist?

    28. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ivanka-trumps-best-selling-fashion-line-is-manufactured-in-china-and-vietnam-a7153376.html

    29. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-charts-explain-why-some-american-families-are-getting-far-richer-than-others-2017-10-05

    30. The Economist Warns about the Serious Dangers Posed by Trump's Irrational Economics

    31. Supporters of Trump by Race/Gender https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-voters-abandoning-donald-trump/550247/ 

    32. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-many-of-trumps-supporters-really-are-deplorable/

    33. http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/11/15/trump-remakes-judiciary

    34. A running list of what the Republican-dominated federal government is up to. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pggbpz/all-the-laws-and-executive-orders-trump-has-signed-so-far

    35. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/muslim-jewish-alliance-after-trump.html (Jews, Muslims, and Trumpism)

    36. Dr. Boyce: Why I Won’t Be Attending the MLK Memorial Dedication Ceremony http://yourblackworld.com/2011/08/25/why-i-wont-be-attending-the-mlk-memorial-dedication-cermony/

    37. https://www.salon.com/2018/03/15/hillary-clinton-was-right-the-parts-of-america-that-support-trump-are-stuck-in-the-past/ 

    38. https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/polls/us-elections/ 

    39. https://www.economist.com/news/china/21737543-unhappiness-china-palpable-xi-jinping-decides-abolish-presidential-term-limits 



    RA: Race/ Ethnicity/ Right Wing Extremism

    1. Doctor's Earnings and Race

    2. Trump’s rhetoric is having a devastating impact on Muslim and South Asian communities https://thinkprogress.org/trump-muslim-south-asian-8302651fb46f/

    3. Four Types of Hate Crimes  

    4. https://www.thedailybeast.com/americas-forgotten-mass-lynching-when-237-people-were-murdered-in-arkansas

    5. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1995/09/slavery-and-the-jews/376462/

    6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/03/im-the-descendant-of-a-founding-father-and-i-have-two-black-daughters-and-i-am-racist/

    7. Fixing Racial Inequities in the Workplace 

    8. https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-war-over-diversity-inside-google/

    9. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/09/08/437579834/mass-deportation-may-sound-unlikely-but-its-happened-before [*]

    10. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/10/23/498734157/dreadlocks-decision-raises-another-question-what-is-race 

    11. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/06/in-new-york-heroes-in-hijabs-face-trump-loving-haters.html (The new face of hate)

    12. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/us/alt-right-national-socialist-movement-white-supremacy.html (Hiding the neo-Nazi symbols and language behind new ones)

    13. https://www.lifeafterhate.org/

    14. Lynching in the U.S. Information Project

    15. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/on-views-of-race-and-inequality-blacks-and-whites-are-worlds-apart/  On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart

    16. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/racial-climate-at-mu-a-timeline-of-incidents-to-date/article_0c96f986-84c6-11e5-a38f-2bd0aab0bf74.html

    17. Crossing the Road while Black

    18. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/faultlines/2017/11/confidential-surveilling-black-lives-matter-171114195328300.html

    19. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/color-blindness-is-counterproductive/405037/ [*]

    20. Disrespectful: We just can’t take MLK’s family stumping for Trump anymore; somebody, make it stop. https://thegrio.com/2018/01/15/mlk-family-trump-stop/

    21. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/documents-show-monitoring-black-lives-matter-171128110538134.html

    22. The Counted: People Killed by Police in the U.S. Database https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database

    23. 23. http://www.vox.com/2014/10/10/6943461/race-social-construct-origins-census

    24. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/16/414863516/-i-identify-as-black-rachel-dolezal-says-in-tv-interview

    25. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/04/416827667/so-you-flunked-a-racism-test-now-what

    26. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/09/01/434896292/how-startups-are-using-tech-to-mitigate-workplace-bias

    27. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122416323 (Black Job-Seekers Hide Race for Corporate America)

    28. 'We Still Live Here' Details Effort to Restore Wampanoag Language http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec11/efp_11-10.html

    29. https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/cjm/article/implicit-racial-bias-and-anatomy-institutional-racism

    30. 'It's part of who I am': Slave descendants win equal rights from Cherokee Nation

    31. Cherokee Freedmen overjoyed by federal court ruling granting tribal citizenship  

    32. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/are-jews-white/509453/

    33. Cherokee Kick Descendants of Black Freedmen Out of the Nation http://yourblackworld.com/2011/08/26/cherokee-kick-black-freedmen-out-of-the-nation/

    34. Native Americans Were Kept as Slaves, Too 

    35. California Slaughter: The State-Sanctioned Genocide of Native Americans

    36. http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm (Race: The Power of an Illusion)

    37. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/04/i-was-racially-profiled-in-my-own-driveway/360615/

    38. http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm (Race: The Power of an Illusion)

    39. 633: Our Town - Part Two Dec 15, 2017 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/633/our-town-part-two

    40. http://www.npr.org/2015/05/17/407478606/often-employees-rarely-ceos-challenges-asian-americans-face-in-tech

    41. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/06/black-grad-student-on-hunger-strike-in-mo-after-swastika-drawn-with-human-feces/

    42. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/21/473997323/racial-awakening-pride-and-fear-one-latino-perspective-on-the-obama-effect

    43. http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404432206/six-words-my-name-is-jamaal-im-white

    44. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/microaggressions-matter/406090/

    45. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2014/12/12/white-people-have-13-dollars-for-every-dollar-held-by-black-americans/

    46. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/08/17/college-is-not-the-great-equalizer-for-black-and-hispanic-graduates/ [*]

    47. The Driving Life and Death of Philando Castile

    48. Attack on family in Compton latest incident in wave of [Latina/o] anti-black violence

    49. Poverty and Income among Blacks and Whites in the U.S. [*]

    50. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/05/13/477803909/its-gotten-a-lot-harder-to-act-like-whiteness-doesnt-shape-our-politics

    51. https://www.buzzfeed.com/beatrizserranomolina/sexist-microagressions-in-relationships?utm_term=.oi3AYQ9XR#.lpy2BKvD5

    52. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/02/microaggression.aspx

    53. https://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/racial-microagressions-you-hear-on-a-daily-basis?utm_term=.bteOYkXN6#.pjjQ3WX87

    54. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201010/racial-microaggressions-in-everyday-life

    55. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201011/microaggressions-more-just-race

    56. http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/mar/15/jalen-ross/black-name-resume-50-percent-less-likely-get-respo/ [*]

    57. Barbarism and the Right-Wing Vision of a New United States  (Objectifying subjective interests)

    58. The Southern Strategy, Race, and "Trumpism" 

    59. Survey: class, racism, and the U.S. election  (make sure you also see the video embedded in this item) Theorizing the Media

    60. *Ultra-conservatism and the decline of democracy around the world 

    61. The Roots of Islamophobia

    62. Proliferation of U.S. Hate Groups 

    63. Aryan Brotherhood of Texas: How did neo-Nazi prison gangs become so powerful? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22019433

    64. http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide

    65. White Supremacist Tries to Make Amends

    66. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzgwa9/native-americans-are-pissed-off-at-trumps-move-to-slash-public-land

    67. The Worst President in U.S. History? http://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs/president-barack-obama-a-ray

    68. Alabama Racist Language Measure Draws Unexpected Foes http://www.npr.org/2012/11/02/164107184/ala-racist-language-measure-draws-unexpected-foes

    69. Mississippi governor: wedding ban on black couple was 'unfortunate' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/03/mississippi-governor-wedding-ban-unfortunate

    70. Mississippi church apologizes for barring black wedding http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57487511/miss-church-apologizes-for-barring-black-wedding/

    71. Poland's Senate passes controversial Holocaust bill

    72. Return to Auschwitz: How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22892783

    73. Envoy: 'German Jews feel unsafe'  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6072034.stm

    74. Kansas shooting: US will seek hate crime charges (terrorism against a Jewish community) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27025406

    75. Increased Hostility against Jews and Roma In Hungary http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/03/09/287342069/increased-hostility-against-jews-and-roma-in-hungary 

    76. The U.S. Has Blocked Immigrants From Coming In Before -- This Is What Happened  http://www.viralnova.com/holocaust-facts/ 

    77. Evidence of Racial, Gender Biases Found in Faculty Mentoring  http://www.npr.org/2014/04/22/305814367/evidence-of-racial-gender-biases-found-in-faculty-mentoring

    78. Race Alone Doesn't Explain Hatred of Obama, But It's Part of the Mix http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/05/13/311908835/race-alone-doesnt-explain-hatred-of-obama-but-its-part-of-the-mix

    79. Descendants of Chinese Laborers Reclaim Railroad's History http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/05/10/311157404/descendants-of-chinese-laborers-reclaim-railroads-history

    80. Racism against Asians persists in military, 8 mates charged after recent suicide http://www.telegram.com/article/20120219/NEWS/120219555/0

    81. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/opinion/there-ought-to-be-a-law-against-hate.html

    82. https://www.apnews.com/ae4b40a720b74ad8a9b0bfe65f7a9c29  Kept out: How banks block people of color from home-ownership

    83. http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm   Race: The Power of an Illusion

    84. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ushistory1os2xmaster/chapter/wealth-and-culture-in-the-south/

    85. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/19/us/high-court-holds-1866-race-bias-law-is-a-broader-tool.html 

    86. https://civilrights.org/about-us/coalition-members-leadership-conference-civil-human-rights/  Civil Society 

    87. http://www.naacpldf.org/ The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 

    88. https://www.npr.org/2016/06/05/480861394/muslims-are-just-the-latest-in-history-of-scapegoats-author-says 

    89. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessionss-move-to-take-on-affirmative-action-energizes-trumps-base/2017/08/02/771285b4-779f-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html

    90. 21 Things You can't do while You are Black  

    91. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-think-about-implicit-bias/  



    RI: Race/Ethnicity —International 

    1. https://thinkprogress.org/60000-people-march-in-massive-nazi-rally-in-poland-afd1cb406363/

    2. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/11/world/thai-pirates-continuing-brutal-attacks-on-vietnamese-boat-people.html

    3. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-42911468/china-police-state-fear-and-resentment

    4. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34615972 <--About burakumin

    5. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205110074 <--About Okinawans

    6. http://thebulletin.brandtschool.de/latin-american-policy-series-3-racism-and-responses-to-racism-in-latin-america/

    7. The Repugnant Human Traffickers, the Corrupt Government Officials, the Buddhists, and the Persecution of the Rohingya in Burma <-- also watch the 45 minute documentary

    8. What is Afro-Latin America? http://www.aaihs.org/what-is-afro-latin-america/

    9. Brazil investigates reports of massacre among Amazonian tribe by gold miners 

    10. Is this Genocide https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/opinion/sunday/genocide-myanmar-rohingya-bangladesh.html

    11. The Burmese Persecution of the Rohingya

    12. Chinese Persecution of the Uighurs (Ban on Names)

    13.  Who are the Rohingya Muslims?  OR  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/rohingya-muslims/

    14. Miners who boasted about killing uncontacted Amazon tribe members now under investigation 

    15. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35981727 (Black Mexicans 'erased from history')

    16. Was Mahatma Gandhi a racist?

    17. Ramachandra Guha on why Gandhi remains globally relevant

    18. Bosnia-Hercegovina marks 20th anniversary of war http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17636640

    19. Still scarred and divided, Bosnia mourns the dead 20 years on http://www.itv.com/news/2012-04-06/bosnia-mourns-the-dead-20-years-since-war-began/

    20. Bosnians mark 20 years since war began http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/04/201246111325714937.html

    21. Bosnia-Hercegovina timeline http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1066981.stm

    22. Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers'

    23. Bus taunts that sparked Australian racism debate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21468892

    24. Euro 2012 (race and soccer) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18192375

    25. New film uncovers racism in Germany   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8347040.stm

    26. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/yazidis-islamic-state-rape-genocide.html

    27. https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/asia/china-tibet/index.html

    28. The U.S. and Uighurs

    29. China and the Uighurs  

    30. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/28/a-summer-vacation-in-chinas-muslim-gulag/ A Summer Vacation in China’s Muslim Gulag

    31. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39011298   Paris unrest: Banlieue youths see French state as the enemy

    32. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/20/south-africa-xenophobic-violence-migrant-workers-apartheid

    33. https://theconversation.com/whiteness-characterises-higher-education-institutions-so-why-are-we-surprised-by-racism-93147 




    RE: Religion 

    1. https://www.salon.com/2017/11/30/trumps-muslim-bashing-channeled-a-worldwide-current-of-hate/l

    2. http://pluralism.org/religions/islam/islam-in-america/african-american-islam-reformed-black-muslims-and-the-universal-ummah/

    3. African Muslims in Early America https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/collection/african-muslims-early-america

    4. African American Islam http://religion.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-9

    5. An American Face of Islam http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11265593

    6. Heart and Soul: Muslims in the USA http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jszv5

    7. Profile: Dove World Outreach Center [Qur'an Burning] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11226352

    8. Heart and Soul: God in China [Christianity] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00knrxx

    9. BBC Profiles of World's Religions http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/

    10. Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22601881

    11. Chapel Hill Muslim murders: Craig Hicks is indicted  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31499161

    SA: Space Exploration 

    1. *Deep History: The Rosetta Mission

    2. Voyager and the Golden Record  (NPR)

    3. The Golden Record (Contents) NASA/JPL

    4. Mars One project

    SP: Sports 

    1. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/16/black-athletes-wealthiest-conferences-continue-graduate-low-rates

    2. Black Males, Athletes and Academic Achievement

    3. http://time.com/4110443/college-football-race-problem/

    4. http://thesportdigest.com/archive/article/triple-tragedy-black-student-athlete

    5. http://hogg.utexas.edu/black-student-athlete-mental-health (Also listen to the podcast)

    6. https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/ezexjp/four-years-a-student-athlete-the-racial-injustice-of-big-time-college-sports

    7. https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/kbvvjx/how-the-ncaa-scams-taxpayers-for-welfare-money

    8. https://www.athleticbusiness.com/People/academics-confront-the-exploitation-of-african-american-male-athletes.html

    9. http://www.aframnews.com/the-mis-education-of-the-black-student-athlete/

    10. Theorizing on the Stereotyping of Black Male Student-Athletes

    TE: Technology
    1. http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/24/news/companies/burger-king-net-neutrality-ad/index.html
    2. https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/01/net-neutrality-faq-title-i-title-ii-2017/
    3. https://www.wired.com/story/fcc-plan-to-kill-net-neutrality-rules-could-hurt-students/

    4. 'The Single Most Valuable Document in the History of the World Wide Web' (The World Wide Web: A Gift to Humanity by its Inventors)

    5. Rare earths: Neither rare, nor earths http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26687605
    6. For The Children's Sake, Put Down That Smartphone http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/21/304196338/for-the-childrens-sake-put-down-that-smartphone
    7. Tesla and the lone inventor myth http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130322-tesla-and-the-lone-inventor-myth
    8. The myth of the lone genius http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120316-the-myth-of-the-lone-genius
    9. Net Neutrality: What You Need to Know Now  http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now