Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – COVID deaths reveal how racism still has its grip on America. By USA Today Staff
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The German model for America. By Mattie Kahn / Vox
Remembering The Augusta Civil Rights Riot, 50 Years Later. By Sea Stachura / NPR
Trump’s encouragement of GOP poll watchers echoes an old tactic of voter intimidation. Mark Krasovic / The Conversation
VA will be investigated after ‘staggering accounts of racism,’ Sen. Warren says. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings paint chaotic, confusing scene. By Minyvonne Burke, Laura Strickler, Janelle Griffith and Lisa Riordan Seville. NBC News
Graham, Harrison spar over SCOTUS and Covid-19 in fiery Senate debate. By James Arkin / Politico
Can Mike Espy Make History, Again? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
California was a free state. But there was still slavery. Now reparations are on the table. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Alabama’s governor apologizes to survivor of 1963 Klan bombing of Birmingham church. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Black Gun Ownership Surges Amid 2020 Racial Tensions. By Madison J. Gray / BET News
Student Discipline Rates Show Black Girls Are Disproportionally At Risk. By Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro / NYT
On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor. By Marc Zimmer / The Conversation
Red, White and Blue Review: John Boyega Gives Career-Best Performance. By Eric Kohn / IndieWire
Samuel L. Jackson Talks New Docuseries on African Slave Trade, Explains Why Examining Sunken Slave Ships Is Important. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
The Special Place Where Ella Fitzgerald Comes Alive. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Remembering Wilma Rudolph, the “Queen of the Olympics.” By Scott N. Brooks & Aram Goudsouzian / AAIHS
Why Black Athletes’ Political Activism Matters. By Christopher C. Towler, Nyron N. Crawford and Robert A Bennett III. / Politico
Adam Silver addresses NBA’s efforts toward diversity among coaches and social justice. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The origins of policing in America. Wash Post Video
Demographic shifts since 2016 could be enough to defeat Trump. But it’s complicated. By David Wasserman / NBC News
The Rev. Al Sharpton discusses why it is imperative to ‘Rise Up’ in this moment. By Jonathan Capehart / Cape Up Podcast – Wash Post
Poll shows Warnock leading in Georgia special Senate election. By Zack Budryk / The Hill
The Obama Justice Department Had a Plan to Hold Police Accountable for Abuses. The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It. By Robert Faturechi / Propublica
Kids’ perceptions of police fall as they age – for Black children the decline starts earlier and is constant. By Kathleen Padilia and Adam Fine / The Conversation
