Opinion
The End of American Idealism – Charles M. Blow / NYT
“Social injustice, income inequality and perpetual warfare eat away at the national spirit.” Read more here.
Has the Congressional Black Caucus Lost Its Conscience? David Dayen / The New Republic
How Black Voters Could Help Donald Trump Win – Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast
Scalia Devoted His Professional Life To Making America Less Fair, Less Tolerant – Jeffery Toobin / Huff Post
I sat beside Obama at the Black Lives Matter meeting. This was no political show – Brittany Packnett / theguardian
South Carolina’s Legacy, Exploited by Trump – Brent Staples / NYT
Stop Bernie-Splaining to Black Voters – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote – Michelle Alexander / The Nation
Black America and the Class Divide – Henry Louis Gates / NYT
Racial Reparations and the Limits of Economic Policy / NYT Opinion Pages
The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters-Corey Robin / Salon
Obama as folk hero: To be what he’s trying to be – black, idealistic and president – is nothing less than superhuman – Erin Aubry Kaplan / Salon
The Oscars and Hollywood’s Race Problem – Roxanne Gray / NYT
Why Precisely Is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations? Ta-Nihisi Coates / The Atlantic
White Christians need to act more Christian than white – Jim Wallis / Wash Post
Structural Racism Needs to Be Debated, Too – Jamil Smith / New Republic
Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility / NYT
Gun Control and White Terror – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Cleveland’s Terrible Stain – Editorial Board / NYT
Tamir Rice and America’s Legal Crisis – Paul Brandeis Raushenbush / Huff Post
The thought of a white man in my chimney does not delight me – Kathleen Furin / Salon
Goose Steppers in the GOP – Timothy Egan / NYT
Why Are So Many Black Women Dying of Aids – Laurie Shrage / NYT
To fight racial isolation on campus, start with admissions – Sherrilyn Ifill / Wash Post
Want To Stop Islamic Terrorism? Be Nicer to Muslims – Sarah Lyons -Padilla and Michele Gelfund / Wash Post
Laquan McDonald and the ‘System’ – Charles M. Blow / NYT
