Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The 150-Year Prosecution of White Supremacy. By Melissa Gira Grant / The New Republic
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A new lawsuit targets Trump and the Proud Boys under a law enacted to stop the KKK. By Nicole Narea / Vox
What Racism Costs All Americans. By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
How to have more productive conversations about racism: Stop focusing on individual intent. By Patricia Roberts-Miller / Salon
After racial unrest across US, Congress takes another look at reparations. By Beatrice Peterson / ABC News
Maya Wiley on Her Campaign to Be NYC’s Next Mayor. By Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine
Former Sen. David Perdue Files For Potential 2022 Comeback Bid In Georgia. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
Civil Rights Group Launches Police Use of Force Database. By Josiah Bates / Time
After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff. By The AP and NBC News
History of abuses behind Black Americans’ COVID vaccine skepticism. By Javonte Anderson / USA Today
How public schools fail to recognize Black prodigies. By Donna Ford / The Conversation
He became one of the Navy’s first Black four-star admirals. The military has work to do on diversity, he says. By Dan Lamothe / Wash Post
John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to end slavery. By Adam Seagrave / The Conversation
One of the oldest Black churches in US uncovered in Williamsburg, Virginia. By Craig Melvin / Today
PBS’ ambitious & fraught “Black Church” takes a tour of America’s complex history, music and faith. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021. By Dave Phillipps / NYT
Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output. By Eddie Dean / Wash Post
Why Idris Elba Chose Comedy to Tell His Most Personal Story. By Salamishah Tillet / NYT
A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now. By Sebastian Smee / Wash Post
Draymond Green strikes another blow against white control of Black athletes. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Steph Curry Is Still Steph Curry, and He Is Pulling Off Something Remarkable. By Nick Greene / Slate
Alexis Ohanian supports Serena Williams with ‘greatest athlete’ T-shirt. By Hayley FitzPatrick / GMA
Republican Party is now a terrorist organization — and none of this is a surprise. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured In Netflix’s stirring “Amend,” stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
A Broken Party Acquitted Donald Trump In His Second Impeachment. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
In Georgia, a New District Attorney Starts Circling Trump and His Allies. By Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset / NYT
The “For the People Act” Would Make America a Democracy. By Jon Schwartz / The Intercept
