Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 13) – The Week’s Top Stories
The Weekend Edition of Race Inquiry Digest features the top stories from the two previous Digests published during the week. Click here for earlier Digests.
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Trump’s Agenda Is a Direct Threat to the Black Middle Class. By William Roberts and Mariam Rashid / American Progress
Chicago mayor says city will stand up to Trump’s ‘tyranny.’ By Maureen Groppe / USA Today
Obama Says Use Of Military On Domestic Soil ‘Puts The Liberties Of All Americans At Risk.’ By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
Why Maryland’s governor leaned into a fight with Trump: ‘This one is personal.’ By Erin Cox and Katie Shepherd Wash Post
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Effort To Expand Fast-Track Deportations Of Migrants. By Aamer Madhani / HuffPost
Sharpton leads march against Trump policies and for DEI. By John Bacon / USA Today
Alabama town’s first Black mayor _ who had been locked out of office _ wins election. By AP
The Coming Collapse of Faculty Diversity. By Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Higher Ed Joins March on Wall Street to Defend DEI Programs. By Jamal Watson / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed.
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library. By Greg Jaffe / NYT
Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population. By Karen DeYoung and Cate Brown / Wash Post
Where There’s No Debate About Genocide — and No Response Either. By Nicholas Kristof / NYT
Kari Lake announces 532 positions nixed at Voice of America, parent company. By Sarah Polus / The Hill
U.S. Proposes a More Lethal ‘Gang-Suppression Force’ for Haiti. By Frances Robles / NYT
The degeneracy of Christian nationalism and the demolition of culture. By Phillis Zagano / RNS
AME Clergy Recoup $60 Million of Mishandled Retirement Funds. By Adelle M. Banks / Christianity Today
DHS is using the Bible to promote ICE, claiming ‘righteous’ fight against immigrants. By Fiona Andre’ / RNS
Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt. By Justin Dunnavant / The Conversation
What’s Really in the Blacksonian. It’s Not How Trump Framed It. Trump Attacks Blacksonian Museum. The Exhibits Tell Another Story. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Mississippi Museum Acquires Gun Linked to Emmett Till’s Murder. By Emily Cochrane and Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
‘Katrina babies’ describe their ongoing recovery 20 years after deadly storm. By Katie Kindelan / ABC News
The Corporate Logo That Broke the Internet. By David French / NYT
Gloria Gaynor Outed As MAGA Donor Following Trump Kennedy Center Honor. By Tiffany Hamilton / Newsone
Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier. By Art Jipson / The Conversation
A Truly Great Statue of a Sports Hero. By Sally Jenkins / The Atlantic
Taylor Townsend’s U.S. Open and a tennis career of confounding expectations. By Matthew Futterman / The Athletic
The HBCU football weekend that’s ‘like a family reunion’ in New Orleans. By Megan Braden-Perry / Wash Post
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit. By Erica L. Green / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured HBCUs Under Pressure: Navigating Political Threats. By Ronald J. Sheehy / Race Inquiry Digest Weekend Edition (Graves Hall Morehouse College)
