Race Inquiry Digest (May 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus.’ By Devlin Barrett / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch. By Naftali Bendavid / Wash Post
What does my detention by ICE say about America? By Mahmoud Khalil / Wash Post
Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure. By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
The New Far-Right Coalition That’s Out to Destroy American Democracy. By Casey Mitchel / New Republic
A Legal Battle Over Trump’s Threats to Public School Funding Has Begun. By Sarah Mervosh and Dana Goldstein / NYT
What to Know About Head Start, the Early Childhood Education Program the Trump Administration Is Proposing to Eliminate. By Chad de Guzman / Time
As DEI rollbacks take hold, students of color say they’re losing campus support systems. By AP and The Grio
Many HBCUs need government funding, but some are preparing for a future without it. By Marquise Francis / NBC News
Trump Admin Ends Wastewater Settlement For Black Alabama Town, Calling It DEI. By Zack Linly / Newsone
Barbara Lee Wins Oakland Mayor’s Race in Her Return Home. By Soumya Karlamangla / NYT
Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department. By Edward Wong / NYT
Hungary’s Orban demonstrates how to dismantle democracy. By Rob Schmitz / NPR
France’s president says making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust. By AP and NBC News
U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for mass deportations. By John Hudson and Warren P. Strobel / Wash Post
Under Trump, Conservative Christians Want to Reshape Public Education or Flee the System. By Kelsey Kramer McGinnis / Christianity Today
Black LGBTQ Christians ask: Where is the Black church’s prophetic voice on our rights? By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
‘Anti-Christian Bias’ Signals Allegiance To White People: Report. Rosemary (Marah) Al-Kire, Clara L. Wilkins , and Michael Pasek / Newsone
‘Anti-Christian Bias’ Signals Allegiance To White People: Report. Rosemary (Marah) Al-Kire, Clara L. Wilkins , and Michael Pasek / Newsone
What Was The Black Manifesto? Newsone Staff / Newsone
MLK’s Famous Letter Changed a DC Church. By Caleb Morell / Christianity Today
Freedom Riders faced a mob at this bus station. DOGE wanted to sell it. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Wash Post
Adolf Hitler: From Democracy to Dictatorship. By Anthony Stahelski / Moderate Voice
Lawmakers push bipartisan bill to put the American Latino museum on the National Mall. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
The Highs and Lows of ‘Soul Train’ Creator Don Cornelius. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Diddy party life was a cultural moment: Inside the White Parties. By Marco della Cava and Anika Reed / USA Today
Can Steve Kerr Light an Anti-Trump Fire in the Sports World? By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Morgan Price Becomes 1st HBCU Gymnast To Win Back-To-Back National Titles. By Jovonne Ledet / BIN News
This football team shows what we lose when we ignore our real history. By Sally Jenkins / Wash Post
What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. By David Brooks / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Real Meaning of Trump’s Smithsonian Executive Order. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 26) – The Week’s Top Stories
The Weekend Edition of Race Inquiry Digest features the top stories from the two previous Digests published during the week. Click here for earlier Digests.