Opinion
America, Now More Divided Than (Almost) Ever – Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic
‘Saviors of the white race’: Perpetrators of hate crimes see themselves as heroes, researchers say – Terrence McCoy / Wash Post
Is this the most racist US midterms campaign ever? Oliver Laughland / The Guardian
The Long Struggle for America’s Soul – Andrew Delbanco / NYT
Hate Is on the Ballot Next Week – Paul Krugman / NYT
We Can Replace Them – Michelle Goldberg / NYT
Andrew Gillum Is Ready. Is Florida? Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
The American social contract – Robert Reich / Salon
The Amazing Disappearing Voter – Eliza Newlin Carney / Talkingpointsmemo
Critics say Trump has fostered the toxic environment for the political violence he denounces – David Nakamura / Wash Post
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Is a Moment of Reckoning for American Jews – Jay Michaelson / Daily Beast
Elizabeth Warren’s New Housing Proposal Is Actually a Brilliant Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap – Mehrsa Baradaran and Darrick Hamilton / Slate
Trump’s Midterms Strategy Is Fear, Lies, and (White) Nationalism – Joan Walsh / The Nation
America’s Relentless Suppression of Black Voters – Lawrence Goldstone / The New Republic
Booked: How to Pick an Electorate, with Carol Anderson – Marcia Chatelain / Dissent
Stacey Abrams and the Politics of Georgia’s Old State Flag – Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Historian Christopher Browning on the Trump regime: We’re “close to the point of no return” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Fear of a Black Continent – Ross Douthat / NYT
