Feature – Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about.” Sociologist and best-selling author says Trump is no “aberration from whiteness” but its ultimate fulfillment. This conversation has been edited for clarity and length. A longer version of this conversation can be heard on my podcast or through the link embedded in the piece. Read more 

Russell W. Irvine, Ph.D. (1944 – 2018) -“Down But Not Out.” Our friend and colleague, Russell W. Irvine, died on Sunday. His was not a protracted struggle with a debilitating illness, but a sudden exhaustion of life without much warning. Read more 

Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump. Salon talks to Keri Leigh Merritt, author of “Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South” Read more 

Fall of the American Empire. So all the things happening now are of a piece. Committing atrocities at the border, attacking the domestic rule of law, insulting democratic leaders while praising thugs, and breaking up trade agreements are all about ending American exceptionalism, turning our back on the ideals that made us different from other powerful nations. Read more 

Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States. Empty storefronts in downtown Robersonville in North Carolina, one of 26 states where deaths now outnumber births among white people. Read more 

Charleston Apologizes for City’s Role in Slave Trade. Slaves ‘ quarters at the Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, S.C., a preservation site that has become a tourist stop. The Charleston City Council formally apologized and denounced the city’s role in the slave trade in a resolution approved Tuesday night. Read more 

The Racist Trope That Won’t Die. The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred to Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, as the offspring of an ape. Read more 

Sessions Is Right That Separating Families Isn’t Like the Nazis. It’s Like Slave Owners. There was a time in America when separation of children from their parents was an acceptable and legal policy. At slave auctions in the South, young children were bought by slave owners who did not bid for their parents. Read more 

Declaration of War. The Turner Diaries is a stylistic wasteland. Written under a pseudonym by the white-supremacist activist William Luther Pierce, The Turner Diaries tells the story of a racist terrorist on a revolutionary crusade against the US government and liberal American society (“the System”). David Duke is pictured in California. Read more 

Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail. For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail – that promise remains unfulfilled. And coming immediately after Father’s Day, it’s also a reminder of the loss associated with the forced separation of families. Read more 

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