Opinion
Andrew Gillum Is Ready. Is Florida? Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
The American social contract – Robert Reich / Salon
The Amazing Disappearing Voter – Eliza Newlin Carney / Talkingpointsmemo
Critics say Trump has fostered the toxic environment for the political violence he denounces – David Nakamura / Wash Post
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Is a Moment of Reckoning for American Jews – Jay Michaelson / Daily Beast
Elizabeth Warren’s New Housing Proposal Is Actually a Brilliant Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap – Mehrsa Baradaran and Darrick Hamilton / Slate
Trump’s Midterms Strategy Is Fear, Lies, and (White) Nationalism – Joan Walsh / The Nation
America’s Relentless Suppression of Black Voters – Lawrence Goldstone / The New Republic
Booked: How to Pick an Electorate, with Carol Anderson – Marcia Chatelain / Dissent
Stacey Abrams and the Politics of Georgia’s Old State Flag – Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Historian Christopher Browning on the Trump regime: We’re “close to the point of no return” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Fear of a Black Continent – Ross Douthat / NYT
Andrew Gillum, Florida’s possible next governor, has the winning message for Democrats – Simon Greer / Salon
The Uncertain Fate of Affirmative Action – Matt Ford / The New Republic
The Harvard admissions plaintiffs are being used – Christine Emba / Wash Post
A Place for Ida B. Wells at Ole Miss – Jemar Tisby / NYT
The Underlying Attack in the Harvard Admissions Lawsuit – Jeffrey Toobin / The New Yorker
I’m an Asian-American Harvard Alumnus. Affirmative Action Works – Robert Rhew / NYT
Voter suppression efforts are increasing across America. It’s time for a new Voting Rights Act – Daniel Nichanian / NBC News
How Pocahontas — the myth and the slur — props up white supremacy – Honor Sachs / NYT
If You’re Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be – Jason Stanley , Adam Westbrook and Japhet Weeks / NYT
Powerful, Privileged White Men Will Not Win Forever – Brandi Miller / HuffPost
A Last Hope for Truth in a Mass Lynching – The Editorial Board / NYT
The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action – Hua Hsu / The New Yorker
I Pretended To Be White To Find Out Why White People Support Confederate Monuments – Alecia Smith / HuffPost
White Women, Come Get Your People – Alexis Grenell / NYT
