Opinion
Covid-19’s Race and Class Warfare. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Why Biden’s Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications. By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns / NYT
America Needs Economic Rights. Now Is the Time to Push for Them. By Andrea Flynn and Susan R. Holmberg / The Nation
Pandemic threatens to widen racial wealth gap. By Katy O’Donnell, Laura Barron-Lopez and Megan Cassella / Politico
The coronavirus crisis shines light on educational inequalities. By Ramona Edelin / Wash Post
Trump’s Nationalism Advances on a Predictable Trajectory to Violence. His Supporters Will Kill When They’re Told To. By Aleksandar Hemon / The Intercept
Job or Health? Restarting the Economy Threatens to Worsen Economic Inequality. By Jim Tankersley / NYT
Retail Covid-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities. By Aaron Ross Coleman / Vox
Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Divide and Conquer. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Julián Castro: Latinos grapple with ‘the worst of all worlds’ amid coronavirus pandemic. By Suzanne Bamboa / NBC News
Covid-19 pandemic shines a light on a new kind of class divide and its inequalities. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
“If Bitterness Were A Whetstone”: On Grief, History, And COVID-19. By Elise A. Mitchell / AAIHS
Psychologist John Gartner: Trump is a “sexual sadist” who is “actively engaging in sabotage.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
“You’re Just Screwed”: Why Black-Owned Businesses Are Struggling To Get Coronavirus Relief Loans. By Kara Voght / Mother Jones
Black Leaders Want a Black Woman as Biden’s Running Mate. But Who? By Astead W. Herndon / NYT
It’s George Wallace’s World Now. Wallace never won the presidency, but the base he mobilized has found a home in today’s Republican Party. By Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic
Why the Virus Is a Civil Rights Issue: ‘The Pain Will Not Be Shared Equally.’ By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
In crafting a new COVID-19 relief bill, listen to the most vulnerable voices. By Stacey Abrams, Rebecca Dixon and Stacy McLouglin Taylor / Salon
Trump wants a scapegoat, as always — but an immigration ban won’t slow the pandemic or enable widespread testing. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Trump coronavirus response feeds distrust in black and Latino communities. By Laura Barron-Lopez / Politico
Tim Wise on Trump, the coronavirus and the pandemic of white privilege. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
I’m an Asian American doctor on the front lines of two wars: Coronavirus and racism. By Sojung Ji / Wash Post
Stacey Abrams Knows the Secret to Winning the White House. By Lauren Groh-Wargo / NYT
‘Open the Economy’ Protesters Only Care About White Lives. By Michael Harriot / The Root
Who will Trump sacrifice to “reopen America”? That means black bodies. By Sophia Tesfaye / Salon
Breaking the Grip of White Grievance. By John A. Farrell / The New Republic
