Articles

• Amanda Gordon’s New York Times Guest Essay on Why I Almost Didn’t Read My Poem at the Inauguration
• “A Timeline of What Has Happened in the Year Since George Floyd’s Death” A look back at what has transpired in the year since Mr. Floyd’s murder reveals a country both struggling to confront it history of racial division and continuing to succumb to it. (Elinore)  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/george-floyd-protests-unrest-events-timeline.html?smid=em-share
• “The Look in Dereck Chauvin’s Eyes is Something Worse than Hate” by John Blake
• “4 Things You Can Do to Help Combat Violence Against Asian Americans: Advice for allies of all races and backgrounds” by Any Shearn, NYT, March 17, 2021 (Elinore)
• “A Christian Vision of Social Justice” by David Brooks, NYT, March 18.2021 (Elinore)

“The Call for a Black Migration to the South” by Charles Blow, NYT, January 16, 2021.

“On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic” by Jesmyn Ward, in September’s Vanity Fair. (Ann O. recommends this powerful piece

“The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, in The Atlantic, (Mary Beth and Sue recommend)

“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh. (recommended by Elinore)

“Black Men and Public Space” a December 1986 Harpers essay by Brent Staples now
available in other forms. (recommended by Elinore)