Race Inquiry Digest (May 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
America Needs Economic Rights. Now Is the Time to Push for Them. By Andrea Flynn and Susan R. Holmberg / The Nation
Pandemic threatens to widen racial wealth gap. By Katy O’Donnell, Laura Barron-Lopez and Megan Cassella / Politico
The coronavirus crisis shines light on educational inequalities. By Ramona Edelin / Wash Post
Smallest caseload to biggest death toll: Coronavirus decimates D.C.’s poorest ward. By Paul Schwartzman / Wash Post
More than 80 percent of hospitalized covid-19 patients in Georgia were African American, study finds. By Rachel Weiner / Wash Post
Coronavirus in Chicago: How the mayor of the nation’s 3rd-largest city is waging her biggest fight. By Grace Hauck / USA Today
Trump’s Nationalism Advances on a Predictable Trajectory to Violence. His Supporters Will Kill When They’re Told To. By Aleksandar Hemon / The Intercept
Coronavirus misinformation crosses divides to infect black social media. By Janell Ross / NBC News
A black woman is ‘not a must’ for Biden’s running mate, Clyburn says. By Mike Memoli / NBC News
Two Weapons, a Chase, a Killing and No Charges. By Richard Fausset / NYT
Colleges serving Hispanic students take on urgent role as bridge to ‘post-pandemic future.’ By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Grand. A Grandparents Wisdom for a Happy Life. By Charles Johnson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. By Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
W.E.B. Du Bois: A New Book On The Life Of A Radical Scholar. By J. T. Roane / AAIHS
Don’t forget Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in greatest NBA player of all-time debates. By Heff Zillgitt / USA Today
Featured – Watch “FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage” on YouTube
Race Inquiry Digest (May 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Why Biden’s Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications. By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns / NYT
Coronavirus is exploiting ‘the fissures of society,’ the Rev. William Barber says. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Job or Health? Restarting the Economy Threatens to Worsen Economic Inequality. By Jim Tankersley / NYT
Retail Covid-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities. By Aaron Ross Coleman / Vox
Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Divide and Conquer. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Virginia’s new voting rights laws are an example for the country. By Susan Swecker, Creigh Deeds and Joe Lindsey / Wash Post
Ex-NAACP Leader Kweisi Mfume Wins Special Election To Replace Elijah Cummings. By Brian Witte and Julio Cortez / Huff Post
Jaime Harrison Just Outraised Lindsey Graham. That’s Good News For Him—He’s Gonna Need That $$$. By Kara Voght / Mother Jones
Julián Castro: Latinos grapple with ‘the worst of all worlds’ amid coronavirus pandemic. By Suzanne Bamboa / NBC News
Federal agencies are doing little about the rise in anti-Asian hate. By Alexia Fernandez Campbell and Alex Ellerbeck / NBC News
