Race Inquiry Digest (March 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – America can prevent shootings. But it has to come to grips with the problem. It’s going to happen again. There will be another…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Parkland Student Says Media Didn’t Highlight Black Classmates’ Voices – Terrell Jermaine Starr / The Root
Mississippi’s new abortion ban will hit black women the hardest – P.R. Lockhart / Vox
In strong push for gun control, young black organizers join March for Our Lives – Richard Gilmer / USA Today
From Parkland to Chicago, Hope Rises for Overdue Gun Violence Reforms – Michael Daly / Daily Beast
Violent murders in Texas and Maryland show how white killers receive more sympathy than black victims – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
In Sacramento, Protesters Shut Down Freeway And Block Entrance To Kings Game – Laurel Wamsley / NPR
The White Southern Anti-Trump – Michelle Goldberg / NYT
The Bomber Is Dead, but Fear of Racist Attacks Lives On – Eric Tang / NYT
America can prevent shootings. But it has to come to grips with the problem – German Lopez / Vox
Lynching in America: Targeting Black Veterans – A Report by the Equal Justice Initiative
Race Inquiry Digest (March 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – As America Changes, Some Anxious Whites Feel Left Behind. Demographic shifts rippling across the nation are fueling fears that their culture and standing…
As America Changes, Some Anxious Whites Feel Left Behind – Michele Norris / Natl Geo
Democratic, Republican voter bases are more different than ever – David Lauter / LA Times
Asians could opt out of naming a country of origin on the 2020 census, a policymaker’s nightmare – Jennifer Lee / The Conversation
20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi – Josh Israel / ThinkProgress
The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism – Jemar Tisby / The Atlantic
Martin Luther King Jr. Was Bailed Out by a Millionaire – Incarcerated people today aren’t so lucky – Clint Smith / The Atlantic
A Profile of America’s Gun Owners Is Everything We’d Expect It To Be – David Love / Atl Black Star
Kill the Scapegoats – Donald Trump wants the death penalty for the black and brown people he blames for the opioid crisis – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Still a Long Time Coming : Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights – Elias Rodriques / The Nation
A black female politician was gunned down in Rio. Now she’s a global symbol – Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopez / Wash Post
Same family income, same street, but the black boy still grows up to earn less – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (March 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump. If all that matters when it comes to “law and order” is who is…
When the Irish Weren”t White – Michael Harriott / The Root
The Racist Origin of the Second Amendment and the Rise of Black Gun Ownership – Zenobia Jeffries / YES! Magazine
The FBI Is Too White—And It Considers That a “Huge Operational Risk” – Topher Sanders / Mother Jones
