Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.

These were the days when I powerfully believed Breyers and Entenmann's to be pioneers in the field of antidepressants.

It was a week after Donald Trump had won. And initially he was still optimistic. He felt that things would be OK ultimately. And I have to tell you, this is the area where, you know, I see, you know, some degree of contradiction. I mean, the president, you know, at one point when he was campaigning said I believe that Donald Trump was not qualified to run a 7-Eleven.

If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.

I was a black boy at the height of the crack era, which meant that my instructors pitched education as the border between those who would prosper in America, and those who would be fed to the great hydra of prison, teenage pregnancy and murder.

The progressive approach to policy which directly addresses the effects of white supremacy is simple - talk about class and hope no one notices.

I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.