Glenn's upcoming semester (as discussed with his family!) ... Alden: Black communities can't rely on party politics ... Race, class, and self-identity ... A defense of Trumpism (but not an endorsement) ... Alden's critique of charter schools ... Glenn and Alden debate the virtues of charter schools ...

Can data answer, "What if Alton Sterling had been white?" ... Rajiv's critique of Roland Fryer's study on police use of force ... Why interpreting data on police shootings is so hard ... Can we choose not to act on our biases? ... Is it okay to be rude to cops? ... Why whites may be disproportionately affected by bad policing ...

How should Black Lives Matter respond to anti-police violence? ... Glenn: BLM should show compassion for police ... John: A list of whites wrongfully killed by cops exists, and it's long ... Why BLM needs white allies ... Grading Obama's recent town hall on race ... Deep lessons from the movie Barber Shop 2 ...

Heather: Policing isn't the problem, crime is ... Why race-based police shootings aren't an epidemic ... What do the statistics on police shootings really mean? ... Why don't black people trust the cops? ... The "impossible dilemma" ...

Harold on the loss of police legitimacy ... Should black leaders stick up for cops? ... Harold's advice for Black Lives Matters and police advocates ... Glenn: BLM lacks a moral foundation ... What can BLM learn from the Civil Rights Movement? ... Glenn and Harold debate Ta-Nehisi Coates's latest essay ...

Important differences between the Sterling and Castile shootings ... Ex-cop Peter: Look to data, not anecdotes ... How do we stop unjustified police shootings? ... What would happen if we started convicting cops? ... Why it's so hard to prosecute an officer ... Peter: Blame the systems, not the cops ...

John: Race was a major factor in this week's shootings ... Why Glenn isn't so sure ... The difference between "racism" and "racialized" ... A critique of the Jesse Jacksons of the world ... Glenn: "This is a tinderbox" ... How bad policing affects everyone ...

Was Trump's judge comment racist? ... Glenn: Trump's a jerk, but not necessarily a racist ... John: Possible racism isn't the worst thing about Trump ... Glenn's advice for Trump ... The problem with the term "structural racism" ... How the language of race hides race-based issues ...

The backlash against political correctness ... How do we decide what deserves stigma? ... Biased media portrayals of anti-Trump protestors ... Is Trump dangerous, and/or in danger? ... Is Trump racist? ... Bathroom laws and the relativity of progress ...

The old conservative stance on criminal justice... ... ...and the conditions that moderated it ... The Evangelists who helped bring about prison reform ... Is mass-incarceration just a problem of racism? ... How Texas led the way to liberal social justice reform ... How party affiliation affects our perception of data ...