Ibram X. Kendi
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty; Samuel Corum ... A Battle Between the Two Souls of America
There is a divide in America between the souls of injustice and justice.
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The Atlantic A Campaign of Voter Subtraction
Trump’s Republican Party must subtract votes in order to survive.
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Mark Peterson / Redux The Violent Defense of White Male Supremacy
Trump and his supporters are defending an America where white men can rule and brutalize without consequence.
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The Atlantic Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism?
Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning.
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Danny Lyon / Magnum Patience Is a Dirty Word
“We do not want our freedom gradually,” John Lewis said, “but we want to be free now!”
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Oliver Munday / The Atlantic The American Nightmare
To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction.
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Image courtesy of Chase Hall Studio Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?
Americans don’t see me, or Ahmaud Arbery, running down the road—they see their fear.
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Kyle Grillot / Reuters We’re Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholders’ Republic
The pandemic has brought the latest battle in the long American war over communal well-being.
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CDC / Getty / The Atlantic Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus
New data from 29 states confirm the extent of the racial disparities.
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mim.girl / Shutterstock / The Atlantic What the Racial Data Show
The pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest.
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Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Why Don’t We Know Who the Coronavirus Victims Are?
The coronavirus is infecting and killing Americans of all races. But there’s little public data on whether the virus is having a disproportionate impact on some communities.
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Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg / Getty Stop Blaming Young Voters for Not Turning Out for Sanders
Sanders is losing to Biden because America is excluding young voters, persistently and systemically.
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John Locher / AP Images When Will Moderates Learn Their Lesson?
If centrists can’t move past their doctrine and recognize when their candidates are unelectable, then how will Democrats ever beat Trump?
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Matt Rourke / AP Why I Fear a Moderate Democratic Nominee
Some Democrats are afraid of nominating a progressive, but a moderate may be more likely to ensure Trump’s reelection.
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Lawrence Bryant / Reuters The Other Swing Voter
No one’s paying much attention to one chunk of the electorate that could prove decisive in 2020.
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Corbis / Getty / Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock ... How to Talk About the Truth and Trump at Thanksgiving
If we are serious about bringing Americans together, the work has to start with our own families.
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Kamil Krzaczynski / Reuters Twenty-One Books to Read After Becoming
A year after the release of Michelle Obama’s acclaimed memoir, a celebration of books by black women
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Ken Cedeno / Corbis via Getty The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself
Like so many other black men in America, Elijah Cummings died too young.
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Russell Boyce / Reuters The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619
Marking the 400-year African American struggle to survive and to be free of racism
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Universal History Archive / Getty A Lynch Mob of One
The assault rifle has enabled racists to act alone.
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