From The American Reader, guns, sugar, prisons, war: The Dow Jones has worked around the death of Michael Brown — Ferguson exposes an economy where kids are commodities, whether dead or in jail. Protest in Ferguson pushes Taser’s stock higher. Cops shoot people dead every day — why did Ferguson become such a huge deal? Brentin Mock on why Michael Brown had the right to stand his ground. Victoria Law on remembering the black women killed by police politics. “Sounds familiar”: Shana L. Redmond on the revolution in #Ferguson. The community college that serves Ferguson, Mo., has high aspirations — but low graduation rates. One black city council member is not nearly enough; in a study of city councils, only one place in America had a greater representational disparity than Ferguson, Missouri. Ian Millhiser on the most important reform Ferguson can enact to give its black residents a voice. Missouri Republican Matt Wills thinks registering people to vote in Ferguson is “disgusting”. Fox News contributor Keith Ablow calls Eric Holder “reprehensible, a dismissible human”. Justice for Michael Brown rests almost entirely in the hands of this one man. History says Ferguson police officer likely won't be charged for shooting. A Ku Klux Klan group claims it is around Ferguson and fundraising for Darren Wilson. The “Support Darren Wilson Group” has raised $129,000, but what is it supporting? Derrick Clifton on 3 things Darren Wilson supporters don't understand about Ferguson. Wayne Allyn Root says Obama is using Ferguson to start a race war, declare martial law. “Have you noticed that what is happening to citizens in Ferguson is the EXACT NRA NIGHTMARE they've predicted, but they are TOTALLY SILENT?” It’s racism, not “principled conservatism”: Paul Rosenberg on the South, civil rights, GOP myths and the roots of Ferguson. White supremacy’s latest round: Falguni A. Sheth on retracing the real history of Ferguson. In defense of looting: Willie Osterweil on how for most of America’s history, one of the most righteous anti-white supremacist tactics available was looting. "Looting tourism": From anarchists to Tibetan monks, here are some of the outsiders joining protests in Ferguson.
