Opinion
Teaching white supremacy in the age of the alt-right – Nikki Brown / Wash Post
It’s time for Louisiana to strip white supremacy from its constitution – John Legend / Wash Post
‘Demographic Change’ Doesn’t Cause Racism, Racists Do – Noah Berlatsky / HuffPost
What Harvard can learn from Texas: A solution to the controversy over affirmative action – David Orentilcher / The Conversation
The path to autocracy is all too familiar – E.J. Dionne Jr. / Wash Post
Historian on comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler: “My resistance … is being overcome” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The next step in criminal justice reform is fewer laws – Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today
Are white people ready to bail on democracy? These researchers say the danger is real – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Why White Liberals Are So Unwilling to Recognize Their Own Racism – Isaac Chotiner / Slate
Does the Arc of the Moral Universe Really Bend Toward Justice? Ed Simon / Alternet
White Americans support welfare programs — but only for themselves, says new research – Chauncey Devega / Salon
When History Repeats Itself: Asian Immigrants in the Era of Trump – Khoi B / Medium
What My Escape From Hitler’s Germany Taught Me About Trump’s America – Henry Siegman / The Nation
Pissed Off Melo has a message for you: ‘I know how to play this game of basketball’ – Jemele Hill / The Undefeated
Why Don’t We Always Vote in Our Own Self-Interest? Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Backlash : What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America by George Yancey
America is in the middle of a battle over the meaning of words like ‘diversity’ – Jennifer Mercieca / The Conversation
How Elite Schools Stay So White – Natasha Warikoo and Nadirah Farah Foley / NYT
The Republican Base Might Not Be As Scary As It Looks – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Trump, ‘He’s Like a Rapper’ – Charles M. Blow / NYT
A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism – Katy Waldman / The New Yorker
‘Twice as good as them’ to get half what they have: Racism and the subpar presidency of Donald Trump – Kelly Macias / Daily Kos
Trump Is Not Putin’s Puppet. There’s a better explanation for his fondness for the Russian president – Conor Lynch / The New Republic
Donald Trump, King of the White People, bends the knee to a foreign tyrant – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Is Empathy the Essence of Soul Music? – Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
White Supremacy and Vladimir Putin: They’re the same problem – D.J. McGuire / Moreperfectunion
