Race Inquiry Digest (January 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – A new Supreme Court is poised to take a chunk out of MLK’s legacy. By John Blake / CNN
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Trump doesn’t want a wall, all he wants is an issue. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Donald Trump: Racist liar, or just a liar who happens to be a racist? By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The GOP must stamp out the seeds of hatred before it’s too late. Henry Olsen / Wash Post
Here’s what’s really at stake for Asian Americans in the Harvard affirmative action case. Jenelle Wong / NBC News
To Get To College, It Helps Black Students To Have A Black Teacher Early On. By Mayowa Aina / NPR
Florida Pardons the Groveland Four, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case. By Jacey Fortin / NYT
Renowned sportscaster says NFL teams are racist when it comes to hiring coaches. By Brandon Griggs / CNN
The (Really) Long Road To Glory: Stephon Marbury’s China Redemption. Eli Laskey / Tiebreaker
R. Kelly and the Complexities of Race in the #MeToo Era. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Trump’s border wall isn’t about national security. It’s about stoking racial resentment. By Jason Sattler / USA Today
Race Inquiry Digest (January 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The House Votes to Reprimand Steve King for Racist Comments. By Nihal Krishan / Mother Jones
Russia Is Exploiting American White Supremacy Over and Over Again. By Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast
Two Native women in Congress isn’t enough to end the systemic violence Native girls face. By Michelle Chen / NBC News
Traveling While Negro. By Cynthia Tucker / The Bitter Southerner
Why a Revoked Civil Rights Award for Angela Davis Is Causing an Uproar in Alabama. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes. By Rahima Nasa and Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica
Austin Rivers: ‘It’s the happiest I’ve been in my career.’ By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Women of Color Service Workers Take Their Cause to the Ballot Box, and Win. By Simon Davis-Cohen / The Progressive
Surviving R. Kelly By Willa Paskin / Slate
White right? How demographics is changing US politics. By Monica Duffy Toft / The Conversation
Race Inquiry Digest (January 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Trump’s border wall isn’t about national security. It’s about stoking racial resentment. By Jason Sattler / USA Today
Trump wants to dismantle decades of discrimination protections. By Zack Ford / Thinkprogress
With Major Elections Bill, House Dems Get Ball Rolling On Fixing Voting Rights Act. By Tierney Sneed / Talkingpointsmemo
A Database Showed Far-Right Terror on the Rise. Then Trump Defunded It. By Emily Atkin / The New Republic
Trump’s Shutdown Will Hit Black Americans The Hardest. By Angela Simms and Shamus Khan / HuffPost
In Texas, 17 new judges bring ‘Black Girl Magic’ to courthouses. By Deanna Paul / Wash Post
‘Unexampled Courage’ Is The Civil Rights Book About the 1940s You Need to Read Now. By Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast
As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White. By Elizabeth Blair / NPR
Black Directors Had A Big Year In 2018 — But Other Inclusion Numbers Stagnated. By Colin Dwyer / NPR
