Opinion
It’s Time for an Honest Conversation About Affirmative Action. By Jay Caspian King / NYT
How 2 Black women conquered Senate primary politics. By Maya King / Politico
White women and fascism: Seyward Darby on how right-wing women embrace their “symbolic power.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Is Slavery an Evil Beyond Measure? By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Democrats’ voting rights push in Congress is over. The fight for democracy isn’t. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Attack of the Right-Wing Thought Police. By Paul Krugman / NYT
When Whiteness Starts Seeing Itself. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Donald Trump calls for racial violence: White supremacists are listening, but the media laughs. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Is Clarence Thomas the most corrupt Supreme Court Justice in your lifetime? Frank Pedraza / Daily Kos
Who were the Jan. 6 attackers? Isolated white folks, searching for meaning — and enemies. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black voters in South Carolina voice frustration with Biden’s first year in office. By Rebecca Shabad and Kristen Welker / NBC News
Mitch McConnell’s Klanian Slip. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
It’s time for Texas to abolish Confederate Heroes Day. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
Republicans in Florida can’t keep their messaging on voting rights straight. By Jon Skolnik / Salon
Why Millions Think It Is Trump Who Cannot Tell a Lie. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Stacey Abrams wants to finish the job she started four years ago. Here’s what’s different this time. David Nir / Daily Kos
George Floyd’s murder sparked a movement. The officers who stood by as he died also triggered change. By Janelle Griffith / NBC News
Latino Voters Are Key to 2024, and They’re Not Always Buying What Democrats Are Selling. By Geraldo L. Cadava / NYT
Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws. By David Lat / NYT
Why It’s Scary to Be Jewish in America Today. By Deborah E. Lipsstadt / NYT
How Do We Confront White Christian Nationalism? By Rev Dr. Liz Theoharris / The Nation
Young Black Catholics confront nature, racism and the church’s way forward. By Brian Roewe / NCR
What Howard Thurman can teach Catholics about responding to racism today . By David E. DeCosse / NCR
What 13th-century Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair. Christopher Beem / The Conversation
Failure on Voting Rights Would Be Historic. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Biden Fully Enters the Battle to Save Democracy … When It’s Nearly Over. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
