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
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
Texas Will Finally Teach That Slavery Was Main Cause of the Civil War. By Jason Daley / Smithsonian Magazine
“We’re going to impeach the motherfucker.” Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) Lots Of Us Think Trump Is A Motherf**ker Who Should Be Impeached. Rashida Tlaib Just Said It Out Loud. By Michelangelo Signorile / HuffPost
Race Inquiry Digest (January 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – White right? How demographics is changing US politics. By Monica Duffy Toft / The Conversation
The US is much less inclusive than it was two years ago. Here’s why. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt in Indian Country. By Mitch Smith and Julie Turkewitz / NYT
Changes may be ahead for criticized Georgia election system. By Associated Press
More Than A Million Florida Felons Aren’t Sure Yet Whether They Can Register To Vote. By Daniel Rivero / NPR
This NFL firing cycle is disproportionately affecting minority head coaches. By Mark Maske / Wash Post
Lamar Jackson and the rise of black quarterbacks in the NFL. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
‘What Obama had, he has that’: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ stock rises as Pelosi successor. By Heather Caygle, Rachael Bade and John Bresnahan / Politico
House Dem majority welcomes first black female floor director. by Nolan McCaskill / Politico
