Opinion
The Lesson of Emmett Till Has Been Ignored for Decades – Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Does Brett Kavanaugh Spell the End of Voting Rights? Ari Berman / NYT
The Quiet Death of Racial Progress – David Brooks / NYT
White Fight – Donald Trump is leading the Republican charge to preserve a shrinking white majority – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Donald Trump’s startling global agenda: Taking white supremacy worldwide – Chauncey Devega / Salon
America Started Over Once. Can We Do It Again? The Editorial Board / NYT
The fight against Trump is a battle for freedom – Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Abraham Lincoln’s Warning – Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump: Faint hope endures this Fourth of July – Chauncey Devega / Salon
What fuels “white anxiety”? The baffling hypocrisies behind white paranoia politics – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Charleston’s apology for slavery is just empty symbolism – Stacey Patton / Wash Post
How to Hold On to Hope – Jonathan Foiles / Slate
Mainstream media’s moral cowardice: Time for the Times (and everyone else) to stand against evil – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Return of the Blood Libel – Paul Krugman / NYT
An Electoral Vision for Black Lives – Deva Woodly / Dissent
Small banks discriminate against people of color. A new law makes it worse – Jacob W. Faber and Terri Friedlline / Wash Post
G.O.P. Wants Hungry Kids to Fund Tax Cuts – The Editorial Board / NYT
The GOP’s Racist Rot Began Long Before Trump – Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail – Matthew Larson / The Conversation
Sessions Is Right That Separating Families Isn’t Like the Nazis. It’s Like Slave Owners – Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast
Fall of the American Empire – Paul Krugman / NYT
The Racist Trope That Won’t Die – Brent Staples / NYT
How Much Can Democrats Count on Suburban Liberals? Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Why black women’s experiences of #MeToo are different – Yolonda Wilson / The Conversation
San Francisco’s First Black Female Mayor Defies the Liberal Litmus Test – Jamilah King / Mother Jones
#SummerReading: Recommended New Books on the Black Experience – Ibram X. Kendi / Black Perspectives
