Human beings are really good at picking out cause-and-effect relationships. But they’re bad at predicting future consequences.
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Member Charged in Arson of Black Church With ‘Vote Trump’ Scrawled on Side – The New York Times
Mr. McClinton appeared voluntarily at the Greenville Police Department, where he made statements that implicated him in the crime on Wednesday, Mr. Strain said.
View More‘Better Is Good’: Obama on Reparations, Civil Rights, and the Art of the Possible
The second in a series of interviews between Ta-Nehisi Coates and the president
View MoreU.S. Black lawmakers struggle to counter the redistricting landscape
And when Black state legislators huddled in New Orleans earlier this month, that’s all they talked about.
View MoreThe Making of a Black President
In his January/Febrary 2017 cover story, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores President Barack Obama’s journey to the White House.
View MoreThe Problem With Obama’s Faith in White America – The Atlantic
The president’s optimism about race blinded him to the pervasiveness and stubborn persistence of racism.
View MoreMy President Was Black – The Atlantic
A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next
View MoreThis is not what democracy looks like: Michigan House pushes to disenfranchise more of its own voters
For all those who still believe we should give the Age of Trump a chance, please start paying attention.
View MoreNorth Carolina’s New Rainbow Coalition
How identity politics helped give Democrats one victory in a disastrous election cycle.
View MoreKeep Hope Alive
Demoralized Democrats have a road map for success in Trump’s America. It was written by Jesse Jackson.
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