Opinion
The Racism Right Before Our Eyes. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Why Alcatraz Matters to Native Americans. By Julian Brave NoiseCat / NYT
The Harvard case on considering race in admissions is a victory for diversity. By Ruth Simmons / Wash Post
Making Impeachment Matter. Democrats need to face up to their constitutional duty without fear. By Alex Pareene / The New Republic
Comcast’s Supreme Court battle with Byron Allen may make racial discrimination harder to fight. By Maya Wiley / NBC News
Psychologist John Gartner: “Deep inside, Donald Trump is a very empty and sad person.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How elite colleges can atone for their history with slavery. By Ben Crump / Wash Post
Why Virginia’s progress on racism has been slow. By Dusty Horwitt / Wash Post
Pete Buttigieg is struggling with black voters — and not just because he’s gay. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Opinion: What slavery can teach Supreme Court justices about DACA. By Jamal Greene and Elora Mukherjee / LA Times
Recessions Are Racist (But They Don’t Have to Be). By Aaron Ross Coleman / The Nation
Fighting antisemitism is at the heart of the left’s struggle against oppression. By Bernie Sanders / The Guardian
Don’t get suckered by the polls: Donald Trump will win again — unless we fight for democracy. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How Kim Kardashian West Came to Represent America. By Lauren Michele Jackson / Slate
Can White Graduates of Racist Schools Unlearn Hate? By David Beard / Mother Jones
Today’s great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. By Robert Reich / Salon
Cornel West on hope and resistance in the age of Trump: We must “find joy in the struggle.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How Kamala Harris Went From ‘Female Obama’ to Fifth Place. By Christopher Cadelago / Politico
The Lives That Won’t Ever Matter In Trump’s America. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Did Warren Pass the Medicare Test? I Think So. By Paul Krugman / NYT
‘We Need Everybody’: An interview with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza. By Alexander Tempus / The Progressive
Seeking justice: End the torture of solitary confinement and harsh sentencing. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How a lawsuit over Detroit schools could have an ‘earth-shattering’ impact. By Erin Einhorn / NBC News
Black kids go missing at a higher rate than white kids. Here’s why we don’t hear about them. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Oprah’s Book Club Changed the Game—and Created a New World for Black Readers Like Me. By Jamilah King / Mother Jones
Elijah Cummings: We are in a fight for the soul of our democracy. By Elijah E. Cummings / Wash Post
Michelle Obama Says White People Are ‘Still Running’ From Non-White and Immigrant Families. By Jeffery Martin / Newsweek
Whose Side Is Clarence Thomas On. By Randall Kennedy / The Nation
How Do the Trumpists Mobilize? Around White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism. By Sasha Abramsky / The Nation
Donald Trump, Life of a Zombie Party. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
