Opinion
Why an Unremarkable Racist Enjoyed the Backing of Billionaires. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT – Image The Racket
How GOP’s candidates of color navigate a party that downplays racism. By Marianne LeVine, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Dylan Wells / Wash Post
The Uses of Affirmative Action. By Adolph Reed Jr. / The Nation
What Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Can Teach Executives About Being Better Allies. By Kalina Bryant / Forbes
The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
How the Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action could lead to the end of legacy admissions. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
What America Loses Without Jesse Jackson’s Voice. By Janell Ross / Time
Racial identity is more fluid than you might think. By David Byler / Wash Post
Clarence Thomas Cited My Work In His Affirmative Action Opinion. Here’s What He Got Wrong. By Allison Sewart / HuffPost
More Mothers Are Dying. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way. By Veronica Gillspie-Bell / NYT
How the myth of a ‘model minority’ works to divide Americans. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
This Is One Republican Strategy That Isn’t Paying Off. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
From John Birch to Donald Trump: How the GOP got “devoured by their own Frankenstein monster.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Democratic jitters grow over Cornel West’s third-party bid. By Hanna Trudo / The Hill
3 ways Black people say their white co-workers and managers can support them and be an antidote to systemic racism. By Jennifer R. Joe and Wendy K. Smith / The Conversation
The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow–Style Bigotry. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Culture wars: How identity became the center of politics in America. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
What Was Clarence Thomas Thinking? The Most Baffling Argument a Supreme Court Justice Has Ever Made. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Sorry Obama, Donald Trump is actually proof that some people are “above the law.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Republicans’ Anti-Woke, Anti-Vote Crusade Has Crashed Into the Constitution. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling: Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth, in 303 Creative v. Elenis. By Ian Millhiser / Vox
What the Birthright-Citizenship Debate Is Really About. By Martha S. Jones / The Atlantic
Diversity, equity and inclusion: The new American battlefield. By Tirien Steinbach / The Hill
Donald Trump Sinks to a New Low by Dog-Whistling an Old Racist Tune. By David Margolick / The Nation
Nikki Haley and Tim Scott are pushing away Black voters like me. By Sophia A. Nelson / CNN
Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
