Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – ‘Just Mercy’ Attorney Asks U.S. To Reckon With Its Racist Past And Present. By Terry Gross / NPR
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Democrats’ Existential Battle: Achieving Real Democracy. By Jedediah Britton-Purdy / Dissent
We Need an Insurgent Mass Movement. By Aziz Rana and Jedediah Britton-Purdy / Dissent
1619? By Sasha Turner / Black Perspectives AAIHS
Why Was Pete Buttigieg Still on the Debate Stage—and Kamala Harris Wasn’t? By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Lack of diversity ‘pressures’ Yang to talk race. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
Lacking money and votes, Cory Booker fails to break through a crowded Democratic primary field. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Rep. Elijah Cummings’ widow running for Congress to ‘build on his legacy.’ By Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN
St. Louis Chief Prosecutor Accuses City, Police Union Of Racist Conspiracy In Lawsuit. By Rachel Lippmann / NPR
Jay-Z goes to bat for Mississippi prisoners and files federal lawsuit. By Corky Siemaszko / NBC News
From the Oscars to the Democratic party: why are US culture and politics still so white? By Mary Retta / The Guardian
‘Very Male, Very White’: Let’s Talk About Those Oscar Nominations. By Spencer Bokat-Lindall / NYT
Spike Lee to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury. By Alex Marshall / NYT
How Ghana’s historic homecoming is changing Africa. By Zaina Adamu / CNN
An enslaved man was crucial to the Lewis and Clark expedition’s success. Clark refused to free him afterward. By Hannah Natanson / Wash Post
Landmark WNBA deal a victory for women of color in leadership. By Sean Hurd / The Undefeated
Big-time colleges care more about money and winning than black athletes getting degrees. By Derick Z. Jackson / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an ‘Aberration.’ By Michelle Alexander / NYT
Reconciling Dr. King’s 1968 dream and our 2020 nightmare. By Bob Hennelly / Salon
Biden Continues to Churn, Steyer’s Got Money to Burn and Buttigieg’s Got a Lot to Learn: 2020 Presidential Black Power Rankings, Week 24. By Jason Johnson / The Root
Wisconsin’s Conservative Voter Purge Fight Rages On. By Jud Lounsbury / The Progressive
Latino Voters Will Decide the 2020 Election. By Jorge Ramos / NYT
Ben Carson’s disturbing retreat on fair housing. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
Children of color already make up the majority of kids in many US states. By Rogelio Saenz and Dudley L. Poston, Jr / The Conversation
How fast food “became black.” By Cynthia Greenlee / Vox
Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea | Official Trailer | Netflix
Coming or going, Meghan gets the blame — and it’s because of her race. By Lisa Respers France / CNN
At 16, She’s a Pioneer in the Fight to Cure Sickle Cell Disease. By Gina Kolata / NYT
Latinos, Asian Americans still fear 2020 census over citizenship question, witnesses tell Congress. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Stabbings, Fires, Flooded Cells: Mississippi’s Prison System Is Falling Apart. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
The Forbidden Love of Sammy Davis Jr. and Kim Novak. By Sam Kashner / Vanity Fair
