Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis. By Patricia Cohen / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Amid a global pandemic, the Christian story of Easter shows us the power of hope. By Reverend William Barber and Dr. Leah Hunt-Hendrix / The Guardian
Amid Coronavirus, America Needs a More Just Society. The Editorial Board / NYT
Voter Suppression by Pandemic. By Kevin Townsend / The Atlantic Podcast
The president is the latest in a long line of conservative politicians to see minority voters as a threat. By David W. Bllight / NYT
COVID-19 Sacrifice Zones: Coronavirus Devastates Black Communities Historically Denied Healthcare. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Color of Covid: The racial justice paradox of our new stay-at-home economy. By Catherine Powell / CNN
How to Save Black and Hispanic Lives in a Pandemic. By The Editorial Board / NYT
Coronavirus could ‘decimate’ Latino wealth, which was hammered by the Great Recession. By Suzanne Gamboa and Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Our Schools Were Racist Before COVID-19. Here’s How They Could Get Worse. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
COVID-19 Death Rates Point To Racial, Urban-Rural Divisions. By Ron Elving / NPR
Investigative reporter Greg Palast: “The coronavirus is voting for Donald Trump.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Philip Roth’s Dystopia Hits Awfully Close to Home. By Jeet Heer / The Nation
NBA players urge colleagues to get financially educated during work stoppage: ‘Don’t look at this as a timeout,’ Chris Paul says. By Jabari Young / CNBC
African American Scientist Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett leads the way on COVID-19 vaccine trials. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
SCOTUS Just Set the Stage for Republicans to Steal the Election. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Intensifies the Fight Over Voting Rights. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Covid-19 is ravaging black communities. A Milwaukee neighborhood is figuring out how to fight back. By Robert Samuels / Wash Post
Black America must wake up to this viral threat. By Van Jones / CNN
Social Distancing Is a Privilege. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Deaths of Inequality: AOC on Black and Latinx Communities at Epicenter of Epicenter of the Pandemic. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Coronavirus Pandemic Shows America’s Prison System Is ‘Inhumane.’ By Rebekah Sager / HuffPost
The CDC must end its silence on the racial impact of covid-19. By Spencer Overton / Wash Post
Mississippi governor takes break from pandemic to declare “Confederate Heritage Month.” By Igor Derysh / Salon
Asian Americans use social media to drown out bigotry. By Associated Press / NBC News
White Supremacy’s Gateway to the American Mind. By Ava Kaufman, Moira Weigel and Francis Tseng / The Atlantic
Earl G. Graves Sr., founder of Black Enterprise, dies. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
LeBron’s New Documentary Tells The Story Of His I Promise School In Akron. By Jessie Washington / The Undefeated
Relive the night Buster Douglas shocked the world by knocking out Mike Tyson. By USA Today
Three Important Interviews on Pandemic Racism. By Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept Podcast
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – African American Scientist Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett leads the way on COVID-19 vaccine trials. By Janell Ross / NBC News