Opinion
The Number of White Americans Is Not “Declining.” By Daniel McGraw / The Bulwark
Cory Booker Outfoxed Republicans on ‘Defund the Police.’ Now What? By Emily Bazelon / NYT
Barbara Lee Has to Vote. By Aida Chavez / The Nation
Racial income and wealth gaps are huge – but the Fed doesn’t have the right tools to fix them. By Paul Wachtel / The Conversation
Some families of color remain wary of returning to classrooms as new school year begins. By Donna St. George / Wash Post
How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy? By Thomas Edsall / NYT
MLK Warned Us About Moderates. Are We Listening? By Cliff Albright / Politico
Brace Yourself for the Man Who Could Become California’s Governor. By Farhad Manjoo / NYT
How race permeates the politics of gun control. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
DNA Tests May Increase Census Count Of Multiracial Population. By Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
The Black church has major generational challenges. Here’s what we’re doing about it. By T.D. Jakes and Sarah Jakes Roberts / Wash Post
Chocolate Chip Cities. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Guess Which Company Ranks Worst for Environmental Racism? By Joseph Winters / Mother Jones
The dark history of the “Great Replacement”: Tucker Carlson’s racist fantasy has deep roots. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Black professional women are exhausted. They’re finally claiming the time to rest. By Amanda Miller Littlejohn / Wash Post
How Our Classrooms Became Battlegrounds. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
‘I didn’t even like voting for you’: Black West Virginia voters vow to hold Manchin accountable. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
What Kamala Harris’ Law School Years Reveal About Her Politics. By Jesus A. Rodriguez / Politico
The Radicalization of Clarence Thomas. By Scott W. Stern / TNR
Regulators move to study racism in insurance industries. Experts say it’s not enough.By Adam Edelman / NBC News
This author traveled across the country to ask: What does it mean to be Latino? By Jeffrey Brown and Anne Azzi Davenport / PBS
Nothing is more urgent than breaking the GOP voting rights blockade. By the Editorial Board / Wash Post
The New New Deal and Old Pitfalls. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
How the GOP could become a multiracial, pro-democracy party — that could win the popular vote. By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
Highways destroyed Black neighborhoods like mine. Can we undo the damage now? By Amy Stelly / Wash Post
Black vaccination rates remain low. Is Tuskegee to blame? By Jason Johnson / Slate
Obama poses a question that we still cannot answer. By John Blake / CNN
Merrick Garland: It is time for Congress to act again to protect the right to vote. By Merrick Garland / Wash Post
The ominous reason why Republican opposition to Biden’s infrastructure spending crumbled. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The GOP’s death cult comes for the children, By Sophia Tesfaye / Salon
