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America Is Better Than This Jun. 04, 2020
The orchestrated violence roiling an increasing number of American cities is cause for considerable ... Read More
Collective Guilt Is a Catastrophic Mistake Jun. 04, 2020
During my lifetime, the national conversation about race has gradually moved from culpability for in... Read More
The Church Must Intervene During Our Country's Racial Unrest Jun. 04, 2020
While reading the flurry of news reports on the protests across the nation in response to George Flo... Read More
The Wave of Protests Is a Reaction to Trump Jun. 04, 2020
The list of places where citizens have turned out to protest the killing of George Floyd is long and... Read More
The Burden of Race and Rage Jun. 03, 2020
In 1992, I operated a small publishing business in Los Angeles. It was destroyed as a result of riot... Read More
The Controlled Burn Rages out of Control Jun. 03, 2020
In the wake of riots that have spread across America, leaving shattered businesses and wounded commu... Read More
Christian Cooper Showed Us the Awesome Power of Self-Control Jun. 02, 2020
I come here not to condemn Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police and falsely claimed that an... Read More
Assaulted and Vilified, the Cops Save the Cities Jun. 02, 2020
On the fifth night of rioting, looting and arson in Minneapolis, the criminal elements were driven f... Read More
If Riots Aren't the Answer, What Is? May. 31, 2020
It is impossible to justify the violence, looting, arson and vandalism that took place in Minneapoli... Read More
Bird-Watching While Black May. 29, 2020
A lifelong bird-watcher ventured into a section of New York's Central Park, the "Ramble," at 7:30 a.... Read More
Here We Are Again, This Time in Minneapolis May. 28, 2020
And so here we are again. Another black man, unarmed and defenseless, is dead at the hands of a whit... Read More
Making the World a Worse Place, One Twitter Mob at a Time May. 27, 2020
Life is filled with nuance, with complexity. Take, for example, the case of Amy Cooper. Cooper is a ... Read More
How Biden Could Be Handing Trump His Reelection May. 20, 2020
In national polling, former vice president Joe Biden is the clear 2020 front-runner. He's up nearly ... Read More
The Death Tolls and the Unemployment Rolls May. 14, 2020
Three months ago, it was difficult to find an honest Democrat who privately believed that President ... Read More
Racism Demands Education, Not Exile Apr. 25, 2020
The racist TikTok video that roiled a Georgia high school could have been a teachable moment. But ad... Read More
Trump's 'Chinese Virus' Reference Encourages Anti-Asian Hatred Mar. 23, 2020
The nation seems to have two Donald Trumps now: One is the calm, focused president who emerged last ... Read More
The Proper Context for Blame Mar. 20, 2020
On Monday, March 16, 2020, President Donald Trump took to the podium in the White House pressroom an... Read More
Coronavirus Is the Chinese Government's Curse Upon the World Mar. 20, 2020
The World Health Organization and other sensitive souls have instructed us to stop referring to the ... Read More
Today's Great Black Dilemma Mar. 11, 2020
I was proud recently when Marc Little, chairman of my organization, the Center for Urban Renewal and... Read More
