Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say. By Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Latinos boosted Sanders on Super Tuesday. A lesson for the Biden campaign? By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
“Voter suppression, plain and simple”: Texas closed hundreds of polling sites in black, Latino areas. By Igor Derysh / Salon
A new report shows freedom is declining in established democracies — including ours. By Max Boot / Wash Post
Miranda’s rebellion: The reckonings of one of the South’s white suburban women, whose loyalty is key to whether Trump is reelected. By Stephanie McCrummen / Wash Post
Trump Has His Sights Set on Black Voters. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Charlottesville will celebrate the end of slavery as an official holiday instead of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
The Long Struggle Against Educational Injustice. By AAIHS Editors
Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
‘Miss Virginia’ Is Based on Virginia Walden Ford’s Inspiring True Story. By Pippa Raga / Distractify
Why Charter Schools Are Failing Black Students. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
The desexualization of the Asian American male. By Andrew Kung / CNN
Trump nominates first African American Air Force chief. By Rebecca Kheel / The Hill
Members Of Congress Unite In Call For Baseball Hall Of Fame To Elect Curt Flood. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Excuse you, Iowa. Black voters flex for Biden in Democratic primary. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Editor: RID veers into absurdity. Got a medical question? Ask Dr. Trump! By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Fear Powered Joe Biden’s South Carolina Victory. By Zak Cheney-Rice / NY Mag
Bloomberg, the Mayor Who Menaced Blackness. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Jaime Harrison: Meet the Democrat riding the Lindsey Graham backlash. By Katie Lobosco / CNN
Can Latinos seal the deal for Sanders on Super Tuesday? By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries – and why that matters now. By Bobby J. Donaldson / The Conversation
The A&T Four Gave Me A Richer Understanding Of My Black History. By East L. Dockery / The Undefeated
Stacey Abrams Is Building a New Kind of Political Machine in the Deep South. By Tessa Stuart / Rollling Stone
In Selma, 55 years after Bloody Sunday, concern rises over voting rights. By Ankita Rao and Sam levine / The Guardian
Ex-Baltimore mayor sentenced to 3 years in prison for children’s book scam. By David K. Li / NBC News
Investigative journalist Greg Palast: How Trump will steal the 2020 election. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Top General Orders Removal of All Confederate Paraphernalia From Marine Bases. By Elliot Hannon / Slate
Fate and Fury in James McBride’s “Deacon King Kong.” By Jonathan Dee / The New Yorker
In ‘Minor Feelings,’ Asian American Racial Trauma Is Laid Bare. By Elise Hu / NPR
From Russell To KG To Today’s Celtics: Being A Black Player In Boston. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Through painful injury and rehabilitation, the Kevin Durant show goes on. By Ben Goliver / Wash Post
