Opinion
For Trump, Jerusalem is an extension of a global culture war – Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
Did Cornel West Come for Ta-Nehisi Coates? Michael Harriott / The Root
The media isn’t diverse – and this leads to appalling reporting – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
The Republican tax bill is not just immoral. It is an act of violence – William Barber and Liz Theoharis / The Guardian
How the GOP Has Already Hijacked the Alabama Election – Steven Rosenfeld / AlteNet
‘I’ve had family members that disowned me’: Inside the mind of the black conservative TV pundit – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
What the New York Times’ Nazi Story Left Out – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
The tragedy of Trump’s latest Twitter tantrum – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
The Nationalist’s Delusion – Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
There’s A Reason Powerful Americans Love To Attack Black Sports Figures – Travis Waldron / HuffPost
“That Was A Damn Lie”: Jelani Cobb on why we fell for Obama’s version of a united America – Isaac Chotiner / Slate
Robert Reich: Jim Crow Is Making a Furious Comeback – Robert Reich / via AlterNet
Ta-Nehisi Coates on living, writing, and being black in Trump’s America – Isaac Chotiner / Slate
Ta-Nehisi Coates Breaks Down Why White People Can’t Say The N-Word In Rap Songs – Sarah Rulz-Grossman / HuffPost
Trump sounds ignorant of history. But racist ideas often masquerade as ignorance – Ibram X. Kendi / Wash Post
Gen. Kelly’s Civil War Story Derives From 19th-Century Pro-Slavery Evangelicalism – Julie Ingersol / Religion Dispatches via AlterNet
Can My Children Be Friends With White People – Ekow N. Yankah / NYT
Why Do White People Feel Discriminated Against? I Asked Them – Toure / Daily Beast
Ibram Kendi, one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, says education and love are not the answer – Lonnae O’Neal / The Undefeated
Why Colin Kaepernick Matters So Much – Dave Zirin / The Nation
President Trump is the master of abhorrent identity politics – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Lost Cause : John Kelly echoes the president’s warped view of history – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Uneasy Hope – Ismail Muhammad / New Republic
Concerned about ‘identity extremists?’ There’s one in the White House – Stephen W. Thrasher / The Guardian
LeBron James on Race Relations, Donald Trump, Retirement – Sam Blum / Rolling Stone
Bree Newsome Thinks Allies Should Be Protesting – Ana Marie Cox / NYT
