Leading the races: on an ignored issue, there's much work to be done.(Progressivism & The Presidency)

WE ROUTINELY SCREEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR demonstrated competence on national security, economic policy, and other supreme responsibilities. But neither major candidate has demonstrated leadership or expertise on racial and ethnic justice (though George W. Bush's record is far worse). To our collective shame, it's been a "missing issue" in the campaign. But it must not be missing among the next president's priorities, because, as Bill Clinton correctly asserted, we face no more difficult or important domestic challenge.

The to-do list has as many headings as ...