Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured After a “Reckoning,” in 2021 America Looked Away From Racism. By Janell Ross / Time
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Report shows the extent of Republican efforts to sabotage democracy. By Ed Pilkington / The Guardian
What slavery reparations from the federal government looks like in 2021. BYP.R. Lockhart / NBC News
The Rise of Eric Adams and Black New York. By Mara Gay / NYT
First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City. By Sabrina Tavernise / NYT
Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright shooting. By Vanessa Romo, Becky Sullivan and Joe Hernandez / NPR
Texas Board Withdraws Pardon Recommendation For George Floyd. By Peter J. Weber / HuffPost
ACLU accuses school of failing to protect Black student. By AP and NBC News
Black Americans continue to see higher jobless rate despite market recovery. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
What Made Black History in 2021? By Dodal Stewart / NYT
70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide. They Should Have Been Taken Seriously. By Alex Hinton / Politico
Desmond Tutu, South African Equality Activist, Dies At 90. By Andrew Meldrum / HuffPost
Franklin A. Thomas, Pathbreaking Ford Foundation President, Dies at 87. By Clay Risen / NYT
Kwanzaa: The seven principles and what they mean. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Have you heard ‘The Originator,’ Bo Diddley? By Denise Oliver Valdez / Daily Kos
Denzel Washington’s Michael B. Jordan-starring A Journal for Jordan is obsessed with Black fatherhood. By Robert Daniels / Slate
J.B. Bickerstaff finding his groove with surprising Cavaliers. By Branson Wright / The Undefeated
Kenny Washington, who broke the NFL’s color barrier, was nearly forgotten—unlike Jackie Robinson, his UCLA teammate. By Joshua Neuman / Slate
A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project. By Nikole Hannah Jones / NYT Magazine
Race Inquiry Digest ( Dec 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why Covid Death Rates Are Rising for Some Groups. By Denise Lu and Albert Sun / NYT
Stop calling the GOP fascists “hypocrites”: No one cares, and they have no shame. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Voting Laws Roundup: December 2021. By Brennan Center for Justice
A New Crop Of Anti-Protest Laws Threatens First Amendment Rights. By Carrie Levine / HuffPost
Inside Justice Department investigation of Phoenix, Louisville police. By Jimmy Jenkins and Tessa Duvall / USA Today
I Joined A Far-Right Group Of Moms. What I Witnessed Was Frightening. By Phoebe Cohen / HuffPost
Los Angeles’s anger at its homeless is what’s driving Karen Bass to run for mayor. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK. By AP and NPR
