Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured MSNBC’s Malcolm Nance Joins Fight Against Russia In Ukraine: ‘I’m Done Talking.’ By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Florida Legislature Rolls Over As DeSantis Pushes To Eliminate A Black Congressional District. By Matt Shuham / TPM
N.Y. lieutenant governor resigns after being charged with corruption. By Matt Zapotosky / Wash Post
How to explain Tim Scott? By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge. By Annie Karni / NYT
The Student Debt Crisis? It’s Infinitely Worse for Black Women. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Black Mothers Are Dying. The Least We Can Do Is Listen to Their Stories. By Latona Giwa / The Nation
Census Bureau must engage more with undercounted groups, director says. By Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
Anti-racism: Diverse schools train white parents amid race debates. By Gail Cornwell / USA Today
Jim Limber and the myth of the Confederate president’s adopted Black son. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Ida B. Wells pushed 7 presidents to pass anti-lynching legislation. Now it’s finally law. By Julianne McShane / NBC News
How the Nation’s Oldest Black-Owned Business Survived 141 Years. By Finurah Contributor/Atlanta Black Star
Anita Hill Saw History Repeat Itself at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearings. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
Remembering Ronald (X) Stokes and the Politics of Black Solidarity. By M. Keith Claybrook, Jr / AAIHS
Alice Walker’s “Gathering Blossoms Under Fire” and the rare gift of Black women’s published journals. By Paula Vene Smith / Salon
‘Memphis’ traces decades of Black Americans’ trauma and triumph. By Ron Charles / Wash Post
Jerrod Carmichael’s Rothaniel vs Louis CK’s Sincerely: Comedy as confession. By Aja Roman / Vox
Selma is tired of being just a symbol — they want change. By Emanuel Felton / Wash Post
The ‘father of Black basketball’ transformed a White-dominated sport. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
Ameshya Williams-Holliday: WNBA drafts its first player from an HBCU in 20 years. By Leah Asmelas / CNN
‘A plot to destroy democracy’: civil rights group raises alarm at threats to US elections. By Maya Yang / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Danger More Republicans Should Be Talking About. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
KBJ: “It Took Just One Generation to Go From Segregation to the Supreme Court.” By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Kentucky governor vetoes bill incorporating ‘anti-critical race theory,’ calling it a step backward. By Jennifer Henderson / CNN
Adams banked his mayoralty on public safety. Crime skyrocketed during his first 100 days in office. By Erin Durkin and Sally Goldenberg / Politico
Covid-19 is still disproportionately affecting Black and brown communities, doctors warn. By Jacqueline Howard / CNN
People of color face higher rental costs than Whites: Zillow. By Kristopher J. Brooks / ABC News
