The post-Civil War years teach us the perils of heeding calls for reconciliation while ignoring those for justice.

I asked my student why he voted for Trump. The answer was thoughtful, smart and terrifying.

"To think and talk about African-Americans as criminal is encoded deeply in our DNA” and is important to connecting the dots in Ferguson, Staten Island and elsewhere.

A look back at our 16th president and a discussion on how the press might be keeping politics from changing.