Opinion
What Howard Thurman can teach Catholics about responding to racism today . By David E. DeCosse / NCR
What 13th-century Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair. Christopher Beem / The Conversation
Failure on Voting Rights Would Be Historic. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Biden Fully Enters the Battle to Save Democracy … When It’s Nearly Over. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and Jan. 6 offer two competing visions for America. By John Blake / CNN
Biden must make clear what Republicans know: The fight for democracy is a struggle over racism. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
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
