Intersections of race and ideology in antiracist, anticapitalist Seattle

The Stranger recently ran this article by Eli Sanders about the heterogeneity of protesters and ideologies at Justice for Mike Brown events in Seattle.  The Black Out Black Friday march included a mix of perspectives, with some folks wanting to talk specifically about policing, and others more broadly interested in abolish the state altogether (and thus police, too). There's some interesting stuff here w/r/t race and ideology, which I think can be encapsulated in one quote:

Four days later, at a protest timed to coincide with Black Friday, a man calling for police body cameras—a technological intervention, not a popular revolution—said he'd been arguing with some of the anarchists earlier in the march. "For me and my little brothers, it's life or death," he said. "I have little nephews, too. I said, 'For you, maybe it's ideological, high-minded stuff. But for me, it's death.' A cop could shoot me and go home and have dinner. His career would be fine, but my life is done."

Rich guys worried about buying election inefficiently

The New York Times had an article today about Republican presidential politics, run under the headline "G.O.P. Donors Seek to Narrow Field of Presidential Candidates to One."  Here's a more accurate re-writing of the first few 'graphs: