Opinion
Violence and Trump threats are unlikely to deter Portland protesters. By Darryl Robertson / Wash Post
Trump and his allies are redefining right-wing violence as “self-defense”: That’s a dark path. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
How Latinos Can Win the Culture War. By Elizabeth Méndez Berry and Mónica Ramírez / NYT
The Inevitable Whitelash Against Racial Justice Has Started. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
What the Kenosha shooter tells us about Donald Trump’s America. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Jacob Blake’s police shooting highlights the hidden victims of police violence. By Dr. Rhea Boyd / NBC News
R.N.C. Rewrites Trump’s Racism — and America’s. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Race Is Critical to the Field of International Relations. By Kelebogile Zvobgo and Meredith Loken / Foreign Policy
Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal and on-and-off relationships with Indian American identity. By Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News
Oregon Governor: ‘No Question’ Trump Is Ending Census Count Early To Erase Minority Voices. By Jennifer Bendery / Huff Post
The Shooting of Jacob Blake Is a Wake-Up Call. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
GOP sees unrest in cities providing an opening with white voters. By David Lauter / LA Times
Nikki Haley tried to argue the U.S. isn’t racist — but she just proved the opposite point. By Cody Fenwick / Salon
Why they hate her: Kamala Harris, Black bodies and the white right. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How to Dismantle White Supremacy. By Barbara Smith / The Nation
Wilkerson’s Caste examines quests to maintain power. By Leonard Pitts Jr / Miami Herald
Cornel West: Is America ‘even capable of treating the masses of Black people with decency and dignity’? By KK Ottesen / Wash Post
To narrow racial and economic disparities, Atlanta Fed chief Raphael Bostic is rethinking what the Fed’s mandate means. By Rachel Siegel / Wash Post
The Conservative Misdirection of the Affirmative Action Debate. By J. C. Pan / New Republic
The new Air Force chief wasn’t sure how to address George Floyd’s killing. Then he talked to his son. By Dan Lamothe / Wash Post
The Burden of Tim Scott. By Ben Terris / Wash Post Mag
Why women’s suffrage matters for Black people. By Angela P. Dodson / The Undefeated
2020 Is the Struggle Between Racial Liberalism and Racial Conservatism. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Donald Trump didn’t invent vote suppression — he’s just taking it to the next level. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
“Racism may target Black people, but it damns a democracy and it damns humanity.” By Sean Illing / Vox
Does America Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? By Sarah Souli / Politico
