Opinion
When racists try to poison our national symbols, we shouldn’t just surrender. By Alyssa Rosenberg / Wash Post
Trump Needs His Base to Burn With Anger. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Dear Kamala Harris, here’s why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate. By Ross K. Baker / USA Today
Kamala Harris is right about busing: It worked, and should be used to end segregation today. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Democrats must just bring down Trump – for the sake of the world. Robert Reich / The Guardian
The deep American roots of white supremacy. By Fareed Zakaria / CNN
Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained. By P.R. Lockhart / Vox
Frederick Douglass would be outraged at Trump’s Fourth of July self-celebration. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Democrats’ Cautious Return to the War on Poverty. By Osita Nwanevu / The New Yorker
Poverty Doesn’t Make You Racist. By Nathan Newman / Dissent
Trump remains dominant among white voters — Democrats can’t afford to be complacent. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Joe Biden’s “Jim Crow moment” was dreadful — but he may be Democrats’ best shot. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
‘Segregationist’ barely begins to describe the racist Dixiecrats that Joe Biden worked with in the Senate. By Will Haygood / Wash Post
The Reparations Debate. By Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor and Adolph Reed Jr. / Dissent
There Are Really Two Distinct White Working Classes. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Reparations: Reasonable and Right. By Charles Blow / NYT
How reparations for American descendants of slavery could narrow the racial wealth divide. By William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen / NBC News
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail. By Matthew Larson / The Conversation
