Opinion
Don Lemon Breaks Down Sobbing During Cornel West’s Searing Commentary on George Floyd and Police Violence. By Tommy Christopher / Mediaite
Joe Biden is a war president — fighting plague, economic crisis and fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Fate of Biden’s Agenda Hangs in the Balance. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
No jury should accept that Derek Chauvin was doing what he was trained to do. By the Editorial Board / Wash Post
Don’t blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
What Jim Crow looks like in 2021. By Nicole Hemmer / CNN
Republicans have taken up the politics of bigotry, putting US democracy at risk. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
What Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd means for America. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
I Survived 18 Years in Solitary Confinement. By Ian Manuel / NYT
Why don’t we treat Asian American history the way we treat Black history? By Michael Eric Dyson / Wash Post
Democrats Have a “Once-in-a-Century Moment” to Protect Voting Rights. Ari Berman / Mother Jones
‘You’re Big, You’re Black…You’re Intimidating’: Black F-22 Pilot Leaves Air Force After 11-Year ‘Uphill Battle’ Against Racism. By Niara Savage / Atlantic Black Star
Trump, My Dad and the Rightward Shift of Latino Men. By Eric Garcia / Wash Post Mag
The Capitol Riots and the Eternal Fantasy of a Racially Virtuous America. By Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
I’m An Asian American Woman. The Sexualized Racism I Face Is Terrifying. By Christine Liwag Dixon / HuffPost
The GOP is accelerating its descent into authoritarianism. By Max Boot / Wash Post
Don’t laugh at Mr. Potato Head: The right’s culture-war obsessions are a threat to democracy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Unequal Justice: Anti-Klan Law Could Spell Trouble for Trump. By Bill Blum / The Progressive
GOP dreams of a return to Jim Crow — and not just through racist voting laws. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Ron Johnson’s racism is breathtaking. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s historic Georgia win showed what’s possible. Now we look to 2022. By Laura Clawson / Daily Kos
Joy Reid’s truth-telling: The hidden wages of white supremacy and the N-word. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
What the Rest of America Can Learn From My Experience Being Black in Trumpland. By Issac J. Bailey / Politico
Joe Manchin and Stacey Abrams Can Meet on Common Ground. By Ezra Klein / NYT
The Officers Danced at a Black Lives Matter Rally. Then They Stormed the Capitol. By Sabrina Tavernise / NYT
What Is Happening to the Republicans? By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
