Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Virginia governor race highlights irony of banning ‘Beloved’ from schools. By Dana A. Williams / NBC News
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
White evangelicals dealing with racial issues and faith. By Justin Sherman / CBS News
Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ trial set to begin four years after rally. By Ben Kesslen / NBC News
The Paradox of Colin Powell. By Theodore R. Johnson / NYT
One Mississippi Capital, Two Worlds. By Stephan Bisaha / NPR
Utah school district allowed ‘serious and widespread racial harassment,’ Justice Dept. finds. By Laura Meckler / Wash Post
Justice Dept. launches new effort to target discriminatory lending among banks. By David Nakamura / Wash Post
A ballot initiative on reforming the police after George Floyd’s death is tearing Minneapolis apart. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
Boarding School Scrubs Nikole Hannah-Jones Speech Over Backlash Fears. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
Racial disparities may be emerging in breakthrough infections. We must track them better. By Oni Blackstock, Alexandra Skinner and Julia Raifman / Wash Post
Biden plan pits Hispanic-serving colleges against HBCUs. By Bianca Quilsantan / Politico
Latinas are still the lowest paid group in the U.S. Experts have tips for combating the inequity. By Ingrid Cruz / The Lilly
America Was Forged by the Marginalized. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT Podcast
He was killed on the courthouse steps. Now, a Virginia county honors its first Black elected leader. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Remove a Confederate Statue? A Tennessee City Did This Instead. By Jamie McGee / NYT
A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue to create new art. By Becky Sullivan / NPR
L.A. groups commemorate 1871 massacre that killed 10% of city’s Chinese community. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Why did the U.S. name army bases after Civil War enemies? By Nicholas Goldberg / LA Times
Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen. / NYT Archives
The Harder They Fall’s Idris Elba on Crafting His Scariest Villain Yet. By David Canfield / Vanity Fair
Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie, who put the bop into bebop. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Simone Biles Says She’s ‘Still Scared To Do Gymnastics’ In Emotional Interview. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
The message behind the messages that Lewis Hamilton wants you to know. By Nate Saunders / ESPN
The coded language of ‘figuring out’ Lamar Jackson. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
NFL Agrees To End Race-Based Brain Testing In $1 Billion Settlement. By Maryclaire Dale / HuffPost
Trump’s Big Lie is the new Lost Cause — and it may poison the country for decades. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Jen Senko on how Fox News brainwashed her dad — and is now prepping its audience for fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Senate Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Leaving Its Fate in Doubt. By Carl Huise / NYT
Lawmakers warn Biden not to dilute the ‘biggest racial justice bill in generations.’ By Laura Barron-Lopez and Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico
Dems find their anti-Rubio warrior in Val Demings. By Marc Caputo / Politico
Warnock pushes Medicaid expansion as equity issue amid Dem healthcare battle. By Aris Folley / The Hill
