The ugliest, most appalling spectacle in American politics – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Members of North Carolina student chapters of the NAACP and opponents of voter ID legislation in the gallery of the House chamber of the North…
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Colin Kaepernick’s brave statement: His national anthem protest exemplifies the values America must stand for – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Colin Kaepernick and What White Fans Don’t Understand About Black Athletes – Evan F. Moore / Rolling Stone
If there’s one thing Colin Kaepernick has shown us this week, it’s that when a black athlete steps out of line in the eyes of…
Booked: The Origins of the Carceral State – Timothy Shenk / Dissent
White Man Calls In to C-SPAN to Ask How He Can Stop Being Prejudiced. Here’s the Moving Response – Inae Oh / Mother Jones
On Sunday, an ordinary C-SPAN segment quickly transformed into a rare and moving conversation about racial attitudes in America, when a white man called in…
What the world could lose in America’s presidential election – Fred Hiatt / Wash Post
Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin (Trickledown Economics and Colorblindness) – Felicia Wong and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation
Why Trump And The White Supremacist Alt-Right Are Threats To Democratic Values – And Our National Security – Robert Creamer / Huff Post
Harry Belafonte weighs in on Nate Parker and his new film – Mesfin Fekadu / Wash Post
“There was a market for white resentment”: Tim Wise on Trump, David Duke and the bigotry that’s risen from the shadows – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Read or listen: Interview with Tim Wise about what the Trump phenomenon portends for the future of U.S. politics. Read or listen here.
Trump’s Outreach to Black Voters Isn’t About Black Voters – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Trump’s real endgame: A white nationalist media empire? Greg Sargent / Wash Post
Racial Politics After Obama – Brandon M. Terry / Dissent
What I Told My White Friend When He Asked For My Black Opinion On White Privilege – Lori Lakin Hutcherson / Huff Post
Why Blacks Loathe Trump – Charles M. Blow / NYT
So now Donald Trump is campaigning for the black vote. (Long, awkward pause.) Like so much of what Trump has said and done, this new…
Donald Trump Is Making America Meaner – Nicholas Kristof / NYT
Obama on Feminism: ‘When Everybody Is Equal, We Are All More Free’ – Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
Black Activists Don’t Ignore Crime – Lisa L. Miller / NYT
Class in America and Donald Trump – Karin Kamp / Bill Moyers & Company
Historian Nancy Isenberg talks about why the GOP presidential nominee resonates with poor whites and what Bernie Sanders got wrong about this long-vilified group. Read…
Trump Reflects White Male Fragility – Charles M. Blow / NYT