Will focus on racial justice give Black candidates a boost?

As voters head to the polls for primary elections Tuesday, a rising challenge to the status quo cuts across racial and generational lines – and seems to be providing a tail wind for some Black progressive candidates.

At the end of May, when hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country started marching in protest over the death of George Floyd, many observed that this time the protests felt different.

Not only was there a greater urgency – punctuated at times by violence, looting, and aggressive responses from...