Opinion
Kamala Harris Can Save the $15 Minimum Wage. By Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone
Criminal Justice Is a State Issue. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Who’s really Latina? A recent controversy draws outrage over identity, appropriation. By Raul A Reyes / NBC News
500,000 Americans have died of Covid. Will we wake up to our own callousness? By Reverend William Barber / The Guardian
It Was Garland’s Hearing—but Women of Color Were on Trial. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
‘She became an easy target’: GOP opposition to Haaland rankles Native Americans. By Anthony Adragna and Ben Lefebvre / Politico
Anti-Asian violence is surging. But we can’t answer bigotry with bigotry. By Andrew Wang / Wash Post
Why state legislatures are still very white — and very male. By Renuka Rayasam, Nolan D McCaskill, Beatrice Jin and Allan James Vestal / Politico
Latinos need to confront their own racism, say Afro-Latinos pushing for racial equity. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
What I learned when I recreated the famous ‘doll test’ that looked at how Black kids see race. By Toni Sturdivant / The Conversation
What “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” Leaves Out. By Hari Ramesh / Dissent
How to have more productive conversations about racism: Stop focusing on individual intent. By Patricia Roberts-Miller / Salon
How public schools fail to recognize Black prodigies. By Donna Ford / The Conversation
Republican Party is now a terrorist organization — and none of this is a surprise. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
A Broken Party Acquitted Donald Trump In His Second Impeachment. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
The “For the People Act” Would Make America a Democracy. By Jon Schwartz / The Intercept
How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make Lasting Interracial Friendships. By Kelsey Borresen / HuffPost
The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth. By Heather C. McGee / NYT
The Justice System Is Going Too Easy on the White Insurrectionists. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
How the Patent and Trademark Office Can Promote Racial Justice. By Priti Krishtel / NYT
Black Americans can get ahead by enlisting the support of American capitalists. By Harold J. Logan / Wash Post
Black farmers unconvinced by Vilsack’s ‘root out’ racism vow. By Roxana Hegeman / AP and ABC News
A Holistic View of Vaccine Hesitancy. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Why Black-owned businesses are struggling to stay afloat. By Dymond Green / CNBC
Our democracy faced a near-death experience. Here’s how to revive it. By Stacey Abrams / Wash Post
Trump Trial Also A Referendum On Authoritarianism In America. By S.V. Date / HuffPost
