Opinion
Democrats welcome an increasingly diverse America; Republicans aren’t so sure. By Matthew Yglesias / Vox
What we get wrong about the roots of slavery in America. By Eric Herschthal / Wash Post
Why Are We Still Segregating Black History in February? By Christina Proenza-Coles / The Daily Beast
The Missing Black Millennial. By Reniqua Allen / The New Republic
Black candidates know they have to be careful in talking about race. Here’s what the research suggests. By Christopher T. Stout / Wash Post
For a Black Mathematician, What It’s Like to Be the ‘Only One.’ By Amy Harmon / NYT
What it Really Means to Be Indian. By Mark Anthony Rolo / The Progressive
A photo of a uniquely American racist act dominates the news, but my photo is an act of equality. By Lucian Truscott IV / Salon
How Virginia’s politicians can make a real difference on issues of race. By Mark J. Rozell / Wash Post
How capitalism reduced diversity to a brand. By Sean Nilling / Vox
What Our Textbooks Get Wrong About Slavery. By Isaac Himmelman / HuffPost
Striking Steel. By Imani Perry / The Progressive
Blackface is just a symptom of American medicine’s racist past. By Christopher D.E. / Wash Post
Black communities aren’t getting the mental health care they need. I’m helping to break the silence. By Taraji P. Henson / NBC News
For black children, there’s a rising need to create safe spaces to talk about trauma. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
A Virginia Historian Talks About Why White Supremacy “Must Die and Yet Will Not Die.” By Jacob Rosenberg / Mother Jones
James Comey: Take down the Confederate statues now. By James Comey / Wash Post
‘Sir, I Never Thought I’d See the Day I’d Be Working for a Colored Officer.’ By Christopher Paul Wolfe / NYT
A Letter to My Niece. By Ariel Felton / The Progressive
How Trump Continues to Use Race as a Prop. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
The Empty Quarters of U.S. Politics. By Paul Krugman / NYT
Black America Knows White Avengers Like Liam Neeson All Too Well. Roland S. Martin / The Daily Beast
State of the Union 2019: A Stacey Abrams essay you should read. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Policies that harm black bodies deserve the same outrage as blackface. By Shanita Hubbard / The Guardian
It’s not that Tom Brokaw is racist. It’s that he’s wrong. By Isaac Bailey / CNN
Ignorance about the Holocaust is growing. By Harry D. Wall / CNN
