Opinion
The Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It. It is an attack on civil society and democratic accountability. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks.’ All that is needed for rebellion against relentless oppression is a spark. By Roger Cohen / NYT
‘Not being fully free’: The toll of everyday racism on black Americans. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Stacey Abrams: I Know Voting Feels Inadequate Right Now. Just hear me out. By Stacey Abrams / NYT
Robert E. Lee is my ancestor. Take down his statue, and let his cause be lost. By Robert W. Lee IV
Latinos must confront ‘ingrained’ anti-black racism amid George Floyd protests, some urge. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Amy Coopers Are Everywhere. As a black educator, it’s appalling that I’ve been called by white co-workers to remove black students from class. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
Police brutality: A historian explains how racist policing took over US cities. By Anna North / Vox
The Question Isn’t Whether Trump Will Go Full Authoritarian—It’s How We’ll Respond. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Novelist and screenwriter Aleksandar Hemon on the “magnitude of catastrophe” facing America. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
We are the governed. We no longer consent to let the police kill us. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
‘I Believe That Better Is Possible’: A Conversation With Stacey Abrams. By Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine
The American Nightmare. To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
The George Floyd Election. How the protests come to be viewed may determine who the next president is. The way that will play out could surprise us. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Minneapolis, the Coronavirus, and Trump’s Failure to See a Crisis Coming. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
James Clyburn on the Floyd Killing and The Role of Race In The Coming Election. By Chris Smith / Vanity Fair
Why white silence is deafening — and deadly. By Sirry Lang / Salon
A Decade Of Watching Black People Die. Code Switch / NPR
Anti-lockdown protesters show how the idea of “freedom” has degenerated. By Michael J. Thompson, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker / Salon
Letter from a Region in My Mind. By James Baldwin / The New Yorker
I’m a public defender in Manhattan. The Central Park video is all too familiar. By Eliza Orlins / Wash Post
Another unarmed black man has died at the hands of police. When will it end? By Editorial Board / Wash Post
Welcome to a failed state in slow motion: The United States of America. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Trump moves openly to steal the election: Democrats should impeach him again. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Dissent in America is patriotic — whether challenging Trump or health care inequality or guns. By Debra Messing / NBC News
Joe Biden Got Too Comfortable. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
