Opinion
America’s segregated schools: We can’t live together until we learn together. By Stefan Lallinger / USA Today
The Difference Between First-Degree Racism and Third-Degree Racism. By John Rice / The Atlantic
The US Needs to Be Treated Like the Racist Pariah State It Is. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Why Is the G.O.P. Fighting to Preserve Monuments to Traitors in the Capitol? By The Editorial Board / NYT
Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom. Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
What Defund the Police really means: swapping social control for investment. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Why did Black Lives Matter protests attract unprecedented white support? By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Why Are Black Women and Girls Still an Afterthought in Our Outrage Over Police Violence? By Brittney Cooper / Time
A brief history of the “Lost Cause”: Why this toxic myth still appeals to so many white Americans. By Bob Cesca / Salon
What the Bible Has to Say About Black Anger. The Psalms are not silent about the rage of the oppressed. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Donald Trump has preyed on the American psyche like a demon. At last the exorcism has begun. By Dan Froomkin / Salon
The End of Black Politics. Black leaders regularly fail to rise to the challenges that confront young people. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / NYT
Republican vote suppression is a 2020 scandal. Georgia’s primary proved it. By The Rev. Dr. William Barber and Tom Steyer / NBC News
The Psychology of Racism: Racism is a sign of a lack of psychological maturity and integration. By Steve Taylor / Psychology Today
I thought I understood issues of race. I was wrong. By David Axelrod / Wash Post
American apartheid: This country still treats too many of its black citizens like slaves. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Trump stokes division with racism and rage – and the American oligarchy purrs. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
As the people rise up, Trump regime moves to criminalize dissent. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The diabolical irony of Trump in Tulsa. By Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Jesus Was Divisive: A Black Pastor’s Message To White Christians. By Isabella Rosario / NPR
How the First Black Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, Is Thinking About This Moment. By Joel Anderson / Slate
Take the Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases. By David Petraeus / The Atlantic
The politics of racial resentment come back to haunt the GOP. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
How Much Is America Changing? In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, there has been a leftward turn. Will it stick? By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Calls to reform, defund, dismantle and abolish the police, explained. By Ben Kesslen / NBC News
A Black Vice President for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case. By Katie Glueck / NYT
