Race Inquiry Digest (May 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Poll: Black Americans Think Racism Is a “Major Threat” and Getting Worse. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect posted an apparent manifesto repeatedly citing ‘Great Replacement’ theory. By Ben Collins / NBC News
Justice Thomas Should Take a Long Look in the Mirror. By Jesse Wegman / NYT
The fall of Roe v. Wade will only embolden the fascists: How will America respond? By Chauncey Devega / Salon
1 million COVID-19 deaths: A hard-hit Georgia County reckons with loss. By Nada Hassanein / USA Today
Asian American groups to march for racial justice at National Mall next month. By Brahmjot Kaur / NBC News
US schools are not racially integrated, despite decades of effort. By Pedro A. Noguera / The Conversation
Legal weed is booming in Detroit’s suburbs — but the city is left out. By Erin Einhorn / NBC News
Dr. Jelani Cobb Named Dean of Columbia Journalism School. By Rebecca Kelliher / Diverse Issues in Higher Education
White nationalists get religion: On the far-right fringe, Catholics and racists forge a movement. By Kathryn Joyce and Ben Lorber / Salon
Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe. Clyde McGrady and Lateshia Beachum / Wash Post
Report: Christians May Have Helped Run Half of Native American Boarding Schools. By Emily McFarlan Miller / Christianity Today
The new language of love. By Gail Strange / Presbyterian Today
Vital, challenging film tackles America’s original sin. By Chris Byrd / NCR
John Canley, awarded Medal of Honor 50 years after Tet Offensive, dies at 84. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Kendrick Lamar returns with double album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. By Melissa Ruggieri / USA Today
First all-Black American team summits Mount Everest, makes history. By Felecia Wellington Radel / USA Today
Naomi Osaka Takes Control of Her Business Interests Off the Tennis Court.
Anybody Can Dribble a Basketball. But Few Can Do It Like This. By Sopan Deb / NYT
“Thomasine & Bushrod” Is a Blaxploitation Western That You Need to Stream. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
The Movement That Put Alito on the Court Isn’t Finished. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan. By Eric Holder and Sam Koppelman
How the Tobacco Industry Hooked Black Smokers on Menthols. By Keith Wailoo / NYT
Majority-black town reaches agreement to settle lawsuit with Tennessee to avoid state takeover. By Justin Gamble / CNN
3 Ways Companies Can Advance Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Beyond Their Own Four Walls. By Elyse Rosenblum and Julie Coffman / Forbes
Lisa Cook Confirmed As First Black Woman On Federal Reserve Board. By Amanda Terkel / HuffPost
Oprah Winfrey film on racial bias in health care inspired by USA Today. By Nicole Carroll / USA Today
