Race Inquiry Digest (September 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – How Democrats Can Make Race A Winning Issue. Democrats need to back new and recurring claims for social justice, while never forgetting to…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Trump’s white evangelical supporters long for the imagined values of a less diverse past – Jonathan Wilson / NBC News
This vile, unadulterated racism – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Who’s Afraid of a White Minority? Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
From the Archives: Howard Zinn on John McCain and Everyday Heroism – The Progressive
Before Aretha Franklin was a superstar, her father shone on a different stage – John Blake / CNN
The Asian-American Age – Ross Douthat / NYT
Andrew Gillum’s primary victory in Florida shows that winning the 2018 midterms will be all about turnout – Scott Lemieux / NBC News
Why Are Black People Still Punished for Their Hair? Ria Tabacco Mar / NYT
LeBron James’ The Shop Is an Unfiltered Glimpse Into the Black Experience in Present-Day America – Derreck Johnson / Slate
The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult – Pankaj Mishra / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (September 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult. To understand the rapid mainstreaming of white supremacism in English-speaking liberal democracies today, we must…
With His South Africa Tweet, Trump Became a Megaphone for a White-Supremacist Talking Point – Carol Schaeffer / The Nation
How Far America Has Fallen – Roger Cohen / NYT
The answer to GOP dog whistles? Democrats should talk more about race, not less – Ian Haney Lopez and Anat Shenker-Osario / Wash Post
The Double Standard for Black Athletes Began Long Before Trump. Just Ask Tommie Smith and John Carlos – Richard A. Greenwald / Daily Beast
Mitch Landrieu: Racial reconciliation will help us live up to our nation’s values – Mitch Landrieu / USA Today
Prisons Are Already Retaliating Against Inmates Protesting ‘Modern Slavery’ – Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast
‘America to Me’ shows why all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria – Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
America Soured on My Multiracial Family – David French / The Atlantic
Still Processing – We Spy Two BlacKkKlansmen — and One is Omarosa / NYT Podcast
Andrew Gillum and the Extent of the Progressive Revolution – Benjamin Wallace-Wells / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (August 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Andrew Gillum and the Extent of the Progressive Revolution. Gillum—the thirty-nine-year-old, outspokenly progressive, African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida—is running for governor this year,…
In Alabama, Challenging Hidden Racial Discrimination – Lucas Guttentag / NYT
Asian-Americans Need More Movies, Even Mediocre Ones – Viet Thanh Nguyen / NYT
Why Are Black And Latino Kids More Likely To Die Of Certain Cancers? Erin Blakemore / NPR
George Wallace: A segregationist stand for America – Brian Lyman / USA Today
