Opinion
Bearing The Cross – Book Excerpt by Cornel West / The Crisis
A Radically Woke and Deeply Conservative Commencement Address – Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
African-Americans and the Strains of the National Anthem – Brent Staples / NYT
A second American Civil War? Robert Reich / Salon
Donald Trump returns to race baiting as Republicans stumble toward the midterms – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
‘I Want to Hate’ – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Donald Trump’s empire of disorientation: Where the future is the past, made worse – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Are Americans a Broken People? Here’s Why We’ve Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression – Bruce Levine / AlterNet
The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism – Chauncey Devega / Salon
For NFL players, social media is key to winning PR battle over anthem protests – Galen Clavio / The Conversation
The black unemployment rate just hit a record low, but there’s a catch – P.R. Lockhart / Vox
On Race: The Moral High Ground – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Why America needs a new approach to school desegregation – Jerry Rosiek / The Conversation
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump – Kevin Baker / The Atlantic
Trump Judicial Nominees Threaten The Legacy of Brown v. Board – Derrick Johnson / HuffPost
The demise of the white majority is a myth – Dowell Myers and Morris Levy / Wash Post
Affirmative Action Benefits Everyone — Including Asian Americans – John C. Yang / HuffPost
The Ancient Myth of ‘Good Fences’ – Ingrid Rossellini / NYT
When Jurors Are Silenced – The Editorial Board / NYT
Let Them Eat Trump Steaks – Paul Krugman / NYT
Liberal hope is dangerous: Don’t count on Mueller or the blue wave to save America from Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
How Indians See Nikki Haley – Bobby Ghosh / The Daily Beast
White fear elected Trump: Political scientist Diana Mutz on the “status threat” hypothesis – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Why the Teachers’ Revolt Must Confront Racism Head On – Tithi Bhattacharya / Dissent
Where Can We Be Black? Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
The Strong and Stressed Black Woman – Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler / NYT
When Calling the Police Is a Privilege – Adam Harris / The Atlantic
When white colleges make black students’ worlds smaller instead of bigger – Cassandra Jackson / Wash Post
Election 2018 Is Off to the Racists – Donna Minkowitz / The Nation
Is it a coincidence that Trump uses the language of white supremacy? Dana Milbank / Wash Post
