Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Oscars’ ‘Harriet Tubman problem.’ By Peniel Joseph / CNN
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Watch LeBron James’ Heartfelt, Unrehearsed Tribute to Kobe Bryant. By Josh Levin / Slate
Is the Black Quarterback Revolution Going to Last? By Elena Bergeron / NYT
How Trump’s impeachment created two Democratic superstars. By Jake Sherman and Heather Caygle / Politico
Resist false hope: America under Trump is in big trouble, and there’s no going back. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Black and Hispanic drivers in Austin, Texas, are disproportionately stopped by police, report says. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Stacey Abrams, Dems rally around pastor in burgeoning Georgia Senate race. By James Arkin / Politico
Cory Booker’s Candidacy Forced Us to Examine the Root of Inequality in Schools. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
A nearly all-white Iowa town asked itself: ‘Why do we hate?’ By Tyrone Beason / LA Times
Black History Month: The Afro-Indigenous—Native Americans with African ancestry. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Black Republic: A New Book about African Americans and Haiti. By Brandon R. Byrd
America’s last slave ship stole them from home. It couldn’t steal their identities. By Joel K. Bourne, Jr., Sylviane Diouf and Chelsea Brasted / National Geographic
Slavery reparations seem impossible. In many places, they’re already happening. By Thai Jones / Wash Post
The idea of beauty is always shifting. Today, it’s more inclusive than ever. Robin Givhan / National Geographic
Jay-Z Takes on the Super Bowl. By Katherine Rosman / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Trump just gave Americans a lesson in white history. By Jessica Machado / Vox
Did the Civil Rights Movement Go Wrong? By Jonathan Rauch / NYT
America, the Idea, Is Lost. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Trump, Guns, and White Fragility. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. By Ellen McCarthy / Wash Post
Editorial: Trump’s tax cuts are exploding the deficit. The poor are going to wind up paying the tab. By The Editorial Board/ LA Times
Among poorest 20 percent of Americans, one-third of income goes to health care: study. By Nicole Karlis / Salon
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters. By Ben Schreckinger / Politico
Mississippi’s governor is shutting down a unit inside the prison where 9 inmates have died. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
Saved by the Supreme Court: Conservative justices boost Stephen Miller’s anti-immigration agenda. By Sophia Tesfaye / Salon
Kobe Bryant The making of a global superstar. By Matias Grez, Patrick Sung and Ben Church / CNN
Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: By Paula C. Austin
