Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Racial Justice and Gospel Hope. A Conversation with Latasha Morrison. The Russell Moore Show / Christianity Today
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black Like Kamala. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Trump’s cult of personality threatens to hasten the demise of the GOP. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Jaime Harrison’s only-in-America story dispels my cynicism. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
What is Hakeem Jeffries’ ethnicity? By Melissa Brown / Wegotthiscovered
Teamsters union yet to decide on 2024 presidential endorsement. By Jared Gans and Taylor Giorno / The Hill
Palestinian allies make last-ditch push for speaker on the DNC stage. By Yonat Shimron / RNS
That Audio and Video Saved Your Life’: Black Man Accused of Raping White Neighbor Used Home Surveillance Cam to Beat Charges, Is Now Suing Her and Police for False Arrest. By Jill Jordan Sieder / Atlanta Black Star
Supreme Court Hands Republicans a Huge Win in Crucial Swing State. By Hafiz Rashid / The New Republic
Kentucky and Nebraska Dissolve Their DEI Offices. By Jessica Blake / Inside Higher Ed.
Clark Atlanta sets record for student applications with over 45,000 applications. By WSBTV
US is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it. By Dov Waxman / The Conversation
No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s. By David Ekbladh / The Conversation
U.S. Sanctions Former Haitian President for Drug Trafficking. By David C. Adams / NYT
Young Black people in England are disproportionately strip-searched—ways the justice system treats them as a threat. By Shirley Francis / The Conversation
How Mormons Became American. By McKay Coppins / The Atlantic
Black Baptist organization gets $1 million megachurch donation to aid African girls. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Biden, first Catholic president since JFK, will leave legacy shaped by his faith. By Brian Fraga / NCR
Nat Turner’s Insurrection. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson / The Atlantic (August 1861 Issue)
How a racist letter from 1858 relates to current-day politics. By Charles B. Dew / Tampa Bay Times
Indigenous and Black people tell their own stories at the Mystic Seaport Museum. By Diane Orson / NPR
Confederate statues come down as Black history rises across the U.S. By Krystal Nurse / USA Today
A sequel of injustice 60 years in the making. By Rann Miller / Salon
Inside the KKK plot to kill Barack Obama — and the FBI informant who stopped it. By john Kennedy / NY Post
“The spark that ignites the flame”: Black sororities flex “collective power” for Kamala Harris. By Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon
Anthony Edwards trashes skill level of old-school NBA players. By Scooby Axson / USA Today
Thank you, Al Attles. Your legacy will live on. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
