Opinion
GOP sees unrest in cities providing an opening with white voters. By David Lauter / LA Times
Nikki Haley tried to argue the U.S. isn’t racist — but she just proved the opposite point. By Cody Fenwick / Salon
Why they hate her: Kamala Harris, Black bodies and the white right. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How to Dismantle White Supremacy. By Barbara Smith / The Nation
Wilkerson’s Caste examines quests to maintain power. By Leonard Pitts Jr / Miami Herald
Cornel West: Is America ‘even capable of treating the masses of Black people with decency and dignity’? By KK Ottesen / Wash Post
To narrow racial and economic disparities, Atlanta Fed chief Raphael Bostic is rethinking what the Fed’s mandate means. By Rachel Siegel / Wash Post
The Conservative Misdirection of the Affirmative Action Debate. By J. C. Pan / New Republic
The new Air Force chief wasn’t sure how to address George Floyd’s killing. Then he talked to his son. By Dan Lamothe / Wash Post
The Burden of Tim Scott. By Ben Terris / Wash Post Mag
Why women’s suffrage matters for Black people. By Angela P. Dodson / The Undefeated
2020 Is the Struggle Between Racial Liberalism and Racial Conservatism. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Donald Trump didn’t invent vote suppression — he’s just taking it to the next level. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
“Racism may target Black people, but it damns a democracy and it damns humanity.” By Sean Illing / Vox
Does America Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? By Sarah Souli / Politico
Kamala Harris and history: With America at a crossroads, her role will be crucial. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Indians should use the historic VP selection of Kamala Harris to reckon with our own anti-Blackness. By Sharmita Sen / Wash Post
Stacey Abrams could have as much impact on 2020 as Kamala Harris. By Liette Gidlow / Wash Post
How Kanye West Became a Political Pawn. By Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
Don’t use Asians to maintain white privilege, critics say after DOJ letter to Yale. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Fear of a Black Uprising. Confronting the white pathologies that shape racist policing. By Kimberle’ Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
We have never seen a nominee like Kamala Harris before. By Julia Craven / Slate
The Senate Is America’s Most Structurally Racist Institution. By Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine
In the Wake of Protests. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Nation’s wealthiest Black man says corporate America should consider slavery reparations. By Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News
Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
