Opinion
Happy birthday, Serena: I’m proud that you spoke up – Cara McClellan / The Undefeated
Sociologists Blow Up the Myth that Uneducated White Voters Support Trump Because of Economic Anxiety: ‘They Share His Prejudices’ – Chauncey DeVega / Salon
A new authoritarian axis demands an international progressive front – Bernie Sanders / The Guardian
Land of the free? How Trump has put America’s identity in peril – Ben Fountain / The Guardian
Kavanaugh Accusations Test a ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Culture – Ruth Conniff / TheProgressive
It’s not a blue wave that’s coming in the midterm elections — it’s a black wave – Rochelle Riley / USA Today
On Hating the Jews – Natan Sharansky / Commentary Magazine
Are today’s white kids less racist than their grandparents? Margaret Hagerman / The Conversation
Police killings, brutality damaging mental health of black community – Lisa H. Thyrau and Johanna Wald / USA Today
This is the most important thing you will do all year – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
‘The Star-Spangled Banner’s’ racist lyrics reflect its slave owner author, Francis Scott Key – Jamie Stiehm / The Undefeated
The Serena Williams cartoon, the Dallas shooting and the weapon of white femininity – Lonnie O’Neal / The Undefeated
Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning? Claire Cain Miller / NYT
Affirmative Action Spectacle – Charles Blow / Wash Post
Black, progressive, insurgent: Is this the future of the Democratic Party? Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News
How a Democrat could finagle a win in Mississippi – George F. Will / Wash Post
They’re not white nationalists, they’re white supremacists – Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
New York’s Schools Chancellor Is Talking About Integration. Can He Make It Happen? – Dana Goldstein / NYT
