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.

Editor’s Note: I would draw your attention to two articles that explores disturbing trends: “The Great Resegregation.” By Adam Serwer. and “How DEI replaced structural racism in the national conversation.” By Erika Franklin Fowler and Neil Lewis Jr.

Political / Social

The Great Resegregation. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic Read more 

Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up. By Benjamin Mullin / NYT Read more 

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon. By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Jonathan Swan / NYT Read more 

How ‘DEI’ replaced ‘structural racism’ in the national conversation.  By Erika Franklin Fowler and Neil Lewis Jr / ABC News  Read more 

World News

Arab leaders huddle in Saudi Arabia in pushback to Trump’s Gaza plans. By Aya Batrawy / NPR Read more

Lessons from Donald Trump’s South African doppelgänger, Paul Kruger. By Evan S. Lieberman / Daily Maverick  Read more

Ethics / Morality / Religion

The spiritual wisdom of Howard Thurman in the face of fear.  By Daniel P. Horan / NCR Read more 

America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger. By Diana Nayeri / NYT  Read more 

Historical / Cultural

60 years after Malcolm X’s killing, his message can’t be silenced or ignored. By Omar Suleiman / RNS Read more 

Kevin Young on James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind.” By Kevin Young / The New Yorker Read more 

To filmmaker Dawn Porter, the “Eyes on the Prize” message is plain: “We cannot wait for the savior.” By Melanie McFarland / Salon Read more

Sports

Remembering Black Athletes Who Took A Stand (And A Knee) Against Racism. By Ahsan Washington / Black Enterprise Read more 

Internet Reacts to Eagles Declining Trump’s White House Invite. By Phenix S Halley / The Root   Read more

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