The league—and many fans—treat them as cogs without agency.
racism
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice represents a watershed moment in the idea and practice of what a public memorial can be.
Tracy K. Smith’s lovely, unflinching poems
Smith is acutely aware of injustice and violence—and remarkably hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation.
Take & read: New books in ethics
What does hope look like in the face of racism?
The black social gospel and the civil rights movement
Gary Dorrien chronicles the influential—but often forgotten—work of Mordecai Johnson, Benjamin Mays, and Howard Thurman.
Clarence Jordan's radical experiment in following Jesus
What makes a person able to see evil and stand against it without fear?
Of the many absurdities around race and hatred that still exist in our culture, Trump may be the least of them.
Between the world and Ta-Nehisi Coates
How did an Afro-pessimist who doesn't believe in hope become the darling of white liberals?
American lies and why we believe them
Kevin Young and Kurt Andersen each argue that fake news is nothing new.
Is Trump a deviation from American values or an expression of them?
E. J. Dionne, Norman Ornstein, and Thomas Mann see this presidency as a distortion of the country's character. But what if it's the opposite?