Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured What Trump and Orbán want: It’s fascism — it’s not a metaphor or a joke. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured What if White people woke up with dark skin? Mohsin Hamid’s novel wonders. Review by Ron Charles / Wash Post
The mini-Trumps are as big a threat to democracy as Trump is. By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
Walker says he will debate Warnock in high-stakes Georgia Senate race. By Brad Dress / The Hill
Rueben E Brigety II confirmed as next US ambassador to South Africa. By SABC News
Apple, GE, other major US companies ask Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action. By Devin Dwyer / ABC News
Longtime University President’s Legacy: A Diverse New Generation in STEM. By Erica L. Green / NYT
It’s time to give Black fathers the credit they deserve. By Alvin Thomas / Salon
Black female firefighters sue D.C., alleging racial and gender bias. By Paul Duggan / Wash Post
The Negro’s God as Reflected in his Literature. By Dr. Benjamin E. Mays / Mount Vernon Press (Available at Amazon)
Samuel Alito Believes That Christians Are Oppressed in America. By Matt Ford / New Republic
The backlash to Christianity: Republicans are now panicked — but they only have themselves to blame. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
How Some Black Churches Approach Abortion After Ruling on Roe. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a historian whose family survived them explains. By Brenda J. Childs / The Conversation
Reproductive Rights, Slavery, and ‘Dobbs v. Jackson.’ By Jennifer L. Morgan / AAIHS
Racist humor empowers white supremacy, Raúl Pérez argues in book, “The Souls of White Jokes.” By Raul A. Reyes / NBC News
Film Producer Janet Yang Elected First Asian American President Of The Academy. By Jake Coyle / HuffPost
Mary Alice Should Have Been A Household Name. But She Wasn’t A Part Of White Hollywood. By Law Ware / HuffPost
Nichelle Nichols Helped Show America a Different Future. By Stacy Y. China / NYT
In beguiling ‘American Prophet,’ Frederick Douglass lets freedom sing. By Peter Marks / Wash Post
Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington. By Giovanni Russonello and Marcus J. Moore / NYT
On Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance,’ Freedom is in the Flesh. By Mankaprr Conteh / Rolling Stone
Jerrod Carmichael, Bo Burnham comedy specials are going introspective. By Hannah Yasharoff / USA Today
The cast of ‘P-Valley’ on the new season and going to the darker side of the Dirty South. By Kelundra Smith / Andscape
Bill Russell, Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Jackie Robinson Museum opens in New York after 14 years of planning. By CBS News
By Attacking Brittney Griner, Trump Signals to His Base: “I’m Still Racist.” By Dave Zirin / The Nation
