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We live in a media landscape where news sites like Axios and Politico are eclipsing legacy newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post. These newbies are the ones now publishing all the news that’s fit to read. So today, when Axios ran the headline, “The Missing Black demonstrators in anti-Trump protests,” people… Read more.
Bill Russell, the NBA legend, is dead Bill Russell died on Sunday. Athletes in all sports are racing to pay tribute. And they’re all tweeting about the great example Russell set off the court. He took part in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was seated in the front row of the crowd… Read more.
Seven years ago, I predicted that commercial pressure would eventually force Washington team owner Daniel Snyder to abandon the racial slur. I compared the team name to other unthinkable ethnic slurs. I argued that Native Americans deserved the same respect as other groups, given that whites’ genocidal killing and land confiscation were arguably worse than… Read more.
Black users of crack cocaine are far more likely to end up in jail than White users of powder cocaine. Nothing exemplifies unequal justice in America better than this. Two things explain this disparity: racism and wealth. They also explain why Blacks who steal peanuts end up in jail while Whites who embezzle millions walk… Read more.
