Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured I Taught My 4th Grade Class About White Privilege And Their Response Was Eye-Opening. By Justin Mazzola / HuffPost
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Faced with a rise of extremism within its ranks, the US military has clamped down on racist speech, including retweets and likes. By Dwight Stirling / The Conversation
The Republican Plan To Devastate Public Education in America. By Brynn Tannehill / TNR
60% of Latino voters say U.S. is ‘on the wrong track’ but remain largely ignored by both parties. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Police shot Jayland Walker 41 times. His mother is fighting for his memory. By Praveena Somasundaram / Wash Post
Climate and Tax Bill to Rewrite Embattled Black Farmer Relief Program. By Alan Rappeport / NYT
Oprah donated $13 million to Morehouse College. Her endowment is now the largest in the school’s history. By Amir Vera / CNN
Republicans keep mostly mum on calls to make GOP ‘party of Christian nationalism.’ By Jack Jenkins / Religion News
The U.S. Needs a National Plan for Racial Justice. Ejim Dike / The Progressive
Lincoln’s midterms: The lessons of 1862, and how they may still apply. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
When America Joined the Cult of the Confederacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
One reason why America’s wealth gap persists across generations. By Jennifer Ludden / NPR
‘Maynard’ Review – The Hollywood Reporter. By Frank Scheck / The Hollywood Reporter
Sam Gooden, founding member of the Impressions soul group, dies at 87. By Terence McArdle / Wash Post
Bill Russell’s No. 6 is being retired across the NBA. By AP and NPR
More Black Former N.F.L. Players Eligible for Concussion Payouts. By Ken Belson / NYT
A Philly Basketball Reunion Draws N.B.A. Stars Back Home. By Kris Rhim / NYT
Serena Williams Forced Her Way Into the Tennis History Books. By Christopher Clarey / NYT
Fisk University’s first-ever gymnastics practice goes viral on TikTok. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
What Trump and Orbán want: It’s fascism — it’s not a metaphor or a joke. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Republicans Are Rooting for Civil War. By Mona Charen / The Bulwark
Welcome to Georgia, Where the Democrats’ Electoral Dreams Live or Die. By Kevin Lee / New Republic
Biden deserves kudos for diverse judges. But White men still dominate. By Jennifer Ruben / Wash Post
Democrat Mandela Barnes set to challenge GOP Wisconsin Sen. Johnson. By Sara Burnett and Scott Bauer / PBS
Two in Arbery Case Sentenced Again to Life in Prison; Third Man Gets 35 Years. By Richard Fausset / NYT
Viral Video Of Black Man’s Violent Arrest In Mississippi Sparks Investigation. By Michael Goldberg / HuffPost
Family Of Anton Black, Who Died In Police Custody, Reaches $5 Million Partial Settlement. By Phillip Jackson / HuffPost
A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing. By AP and NPR
American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance. By Simran Jeet Singh / The Conversation
A Latina professor who was denied tenure at Harvard is demanding a ‘revolution’ in academia. By Zachary Schermele / NBC News
Black, Native American and Latino families face serious problems from inflation. By Will Stone / NPR
