Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Don’t blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Democrats Have a “Once-in-a-Century Moment” to Protect Voting Rights. Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Nearly half of Americans think Black people face a lot of discrimination, survey says. By By Leah Asmelash / CNN
‘You’re Big, You’re Black…You’re Intimidating’: Black F-22 Pilot Leaves Air Force After 11-Year ‘Uphill Battle’ Against Racism. By Niara Savage / Atlantic Black Star
How Our Tax Code Is Rigged Against Black Americans. By Michael Mechanic / Mother Jones
Democrats, Republicans clash over D.C. statehood effort. By Rebecca Shabad / NBC News
Trump, My Dad and the Rightward Shift of Latino Men. By Eric Garcia / Wash Post Mag
Black Immigrants Matter. By Jack Herrera / The Nation
Oakland will give low-income families of color $500 per month, mayor announces. By Maria Morava and Scottie Andrew / CNN
Data Reveals Significant Racial Disparities in School Reopening. By Lauren Camera / U.S. News
Meisha Porter is the first Black woman chancellor of NYC schools – here are the challenges she will face. By Stanley S. Litow / The Conversation
Latinos, youth of color make up very few of paid congressional interns. By Cynthia Silva / NBC News
Kim Janey Becomes First Woman And Person Of Color To Be Boston Mayor. By Steve LeBlanc / AP and HuffPost
Virginia must preserve places of African American valor. By Alfonzo Lopez and Lamont Bagby / Wash Post
“We are complicit”: Only some churches are offering real reparations and repentance for slavery. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
Uncle Nearest Whiskey: A Black-Owned Brand With A Bold Plan. By Garin Pirnia / HuffPost
‘Sesame Street’ adds 2 Black Muppets to talk clearly about race and racism. By Kerry Breen / Today
HBO’s ‘Tina’ details abusive marriage to Ike Turner, ‘heroic’ survival. By Patrick Ryan / USA Today
Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin Is About Introducing the World to Singer’s Journey of Becoming the Queen of Soul. By Angelina Velasquez / Atlanta Black Star
Is Baseball Really Ready to Reckon With Its Segregated Past? By Rowan Ricardo Phillips / NYT
Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
The Capitol Riots and the Eternal Fantasy of a Racially Virtuous America. By Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw / The New Republic
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured These two photos from the Georgia Capitol reveal what the state’s new voting law is all about. By John Blake / CNN
Atlanta Shooting and America’s Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence. By Cady Lang / Time
Atlanta shootings see Asian, Black, Americans take on white supremacy. By Marc Ramirez / USA Today
I’m An Asian American Woman. The Sexualized Racism I Face Is Terrifying. By Christine Liwag Dixon / HuffPost
Poll: 1 in 4 Americans has seen Asians blamed for COVID-19. By Susan Page and Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
‘This Is Jim Crow in New Clothes.’ Senator Raphael Warnock’s first speech on the Senate floor brought the past into the present. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The GOP is accelerating its descent into authoritarianism. By Max Boot / Wash Post
Don’t laugh at Mr. Potato Head: The right’s culture-war obsessions are a threat to democracy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Unequal Justice: Anti-Klan Law Could Spell Trouble for Trump. By Bill Blum / The Progressive
