It's been a big week-here's what we've been reading:
How Michael Brown's Death Changed Our Perceptions of America by Collier Meyerson, Fusion: http://fusion.net/story/178654/how-michael-brown-changed-our-perceptions-of-america/
Are We in the Midst of a New Civil Rights Era by Rebecca Onion, Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/08/ferguson_and_black_lives_matter_are_we_in_the_midst_of_a_new_civil_rights.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_ru
The Lost Promise of the Voting Rights Act by Ari Berman, The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/give-us-the-ballot-expanding-the-voting-rights-act/399128/
Confederate Symbols, Swastikas and Student Sensibilities by Joseph Berger, The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/confederate-symbols-swastikas-and-student-sensibilities.html?_r=1