Opinion
Imagine another American Civil War, but this time in every state. By Ron Elving / NPR
The disturbing parallels between the 2020s and 1940s in the U.S. By John Stoehr / Salon
American Democracy is Only 55 Years Old – And Hanging by a Thread. By Van R. Newkirk / The Atlantic
Joe Biden’s January 6 Speech Is a Turning Point For His Presidency. By Walter Shapiro / TNR
A second civil war: One year after Trump’s violent insurrection, how worried should we be? By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Imagine another America: One where Black or brown people had attacked the Capitol. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Why Did Keisha Lance Bottoms Quit? By Zak Cheney-Rice / NY Magazine
How to Stop Trump and Prevent Another Jan. 6. By Thomas Freidman / NYT
GOP sees ‘huge red wave’ potential by targeting critical race theory. By Liz Crampton / Politico
The brutal racial politics of the Indian Child Welfare Act. By George F. Will / Wash Post
Why So Many Black Teachers Are Leaving the Classroom. By Sarah Carr / Time
Left and Center-Left Both Claim Stacey Abrams. Who’s Right? By Astead W. Herndon / NYT
Prosecutors won a conviction in the killing of Daunte Wright. Is this good news or a dangerous precedent for racial justice? By Paul Butler / Wash Post
After a “Reckoning,” in 2021 America Looked Away From Racism. By Janell Ross / Time
Trump’s MAGA movement suffered in 2021 — but has big comeback plans for 2022. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Black voters were key to Biden’s 2020 win. What did they think of his first year? By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? By Kali Holloway / The Nation
‘I Look Like the Strategy’: Winsome Sears Wants Black Voters to Rethink the G.O.P. By Campbell Robertson / NYT
Why Are More Black Kids Suicidal? A Search for Answers. By Christina Caron / NYT
For Black families, is selling Grandma’s house the right choice? By Laurel Wamsley / NPR
Asian Americans have the biggest wealth gap. Here’s how they’re helping one another this year. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
Where Is the Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture? By Michael Eric Dyson / NYT
I’m Invited to a Destination Wedding at a Plantation. What Do I Do? By Kwame Anthony Appiah / NYT
What slavery reparations from the federal government looks like in 2021. BYP.R. Lockhart / NBC News
Stop calling the GOP fascists “hypocrites”: No one cares, and they have no shame. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
I Joined A Far-Right Group Of Moms. What I Witnessed Was Frightening. By Phoebe Cohen / HuffPost
