Opinion
Protests against removing Confederate monuments are not really about history – Christine Emba / Wash Post
American Race : Someone thought it was a great idea to give Charles Barkley a four-part doc on race – Aisha Harris / Slate
The Republican Party is sociopathic: If you didn’t know that already, the health care bill should make it clear – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way – Carlos Lozada / Wash Post
What happens when the white guys are back in charge – Jill Filipovic / CNN
Locked Up for Being Poor – The Editorial Board / NYT
The GOP’s passage of Trumpcare is one of the most callous things the party has ever done – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Trump’s 100th-day speech may have been the most hate-filled in modern history – Michael Gerson / NYT
Barack Obama has a powerful voice. He shouldn’t use it for paid speeches – Jill Abramson / The Guardian
Internment, America’s Great Mistake – George Takei / NYT
Why I don’t write about anti-white hate crimes like the Fresno murders – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Stain of Anti-Semitism at the White House Isn’t Going Away – Stosh Cotler and Simon Greer / Alternet
Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions Ramp up Their Crusade Against Black and Brown Americans – Chauncey DeVega / Salon via Alternet
Obama : From the Rearview Mirror – Robert Borosage / The Nation
I Am A White Woman And I Must Confront My Racism – Bitsy Bentley / Huff Post
The United Incident Wasn’t Racism, But The Reaction From Asians Points To A Truth – Jessica Prois / Huff Post
How We Misunderstand Mass Incarceration – Adam Gopnik / The New Yorker
Trumps budget : Ideological conflicts between fiscal conservatism, white identity politics and right-wing populism – Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Fifty years later, King’s warning still resonates – Katrina vanden Heuvel / Wash Post
Bernie is wrong and Malcolm was right: What white liberals so often get wrong about racism and Donald Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Finding Growth at My Historically Black College – Skylar Mitchell / NYT Sunday Rev
Black and Proud. Even if Strangers Can’t Tell – Rebecca Carroll / NYT
That white men might roll in ease”: I feel like the first real American in my family, which has been here for centuries – D. Watkins / Salon
Invest in education instead of incarceration ( A personal story) – Johnny Perez / USA Today
‘I’m an American, First and Foremost’ – Anna North / NYT
White America’s death crisis: The pain is real, but our perception is warped by the “white racial frame” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
