Opinion
Police Hold ‘Extraordinary’ Power In Traffic Stops, Law Professor Says. By Noel King and Avie Schneider / NPR
History shows we ignore Tucker Carlson at our peril. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
America desperately needs a Truth and Racial Healing Commission. By Mitch Landrieu / CNN
Black doctor speaks out about infant son’s death: Why Black babies are more at risk. By Katie Kindelan / GMA
Why ‘Karens’ Are a Threat to Racial Progress. By Agunda Okeyo / The Progressive
Why corporate America is declaring independence from the GOP. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
The Shooting of Daunte Wright and the Meaning of George Floyd’s Death. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
American Insurrection: Deadly Far-Right Extremism from Charlottesville to Capitol Attack. What Next? By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
How race-related stress could be driving educators of color away from the job. By Ain Grooms / The Conversation
Republicans are out of the mainstream on race. By William Saletan / Slate
How Voting Laws Suppress the ‘New South.’ By Lisa Hagen and Susan Milligan / US News
A recruiter joined Facebook to help it meet its diversity targets. He says its hiring practices hurt people of color. By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Nitasha Tiku / Wash Post
When to ignore race in the Derek Chauvin trial. By Paul Butler / Wash Post
The Fear That Is Shaping American Politics. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Does the FBI have the right culture to fight domestic terrorism? By Chuck Rosenberg / Wash Post
Historical /Voting rights are under attack across America but corporations can help. By Stacey Abrams / USA Today
Originalism’s racist roots in opposition to Brown v. Board of Education. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
If It’s Not Jim Crow, What Is It? Georgia’s new voting law has to be understood in its own peculiar historical context. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Don Lemon Breaks Down Sobbing During Cornel West’s Searing Commentary on George Floyd and Police Violence. By Tommy Christopher / Mediaite
Joe Biden is a war president — fighting plague, economic crisis and fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Fate of Biden’s Agenda Hangs in the Balance. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
No jury should accept that Derek Chauvin was doing what he was trained to do. By the Editorial Board / Wash Post
Don’t blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
What Jim Crow looks like in 2021. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Republicans have taken up the politics of bigotry, putting US democracy at risk. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
What Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd means for America. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
I Survived 18 Years in Solitary Confinement. By Ian Manuel / NYT
Why don’t we treat Asian American history the way we treat Black history? By Michael Eric Dyson / Wash Post
Democrats Have a “Once-in-a-Century Moment” to Protect Voting Rights. Ari Berman / Mother Jones
‘You’re Big, You’re Black…You’re Intimidating’: Black F-22 Pilot Leaves Air Force After 11-Year ‘Uphill Battle’ Against Racism. By Niara Savage / Atlantic Black Star
