Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Andrew Duehren, Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Rogers / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What Can’t Trump Wreck? By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Chicago’s Mayor: The National Guard Isn’t What We Need. By Brandon Johnson / NYT
Sotomayor says SCOTUS ruling lets ICE “seize anyone who looks Latino.” By Garrett Owen / Salon
Judge temporarily halts firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook. By Andrew Ackerman / Wash Post
Harris says it was ‘recklessness’ to defer to Bidens on reelection decision. By Patrick Svitek / Wash Post
Mamdani takes big lead in NYC mayoral race, new poll shows. By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico
Gov. Wes Moore tamps down presidential talk, launches reelection bid. By Erin Cox / Wash Post
Emory University to discontinue DEI programs, offices. By Zoe Seller / WABE (PBS)
Don’t Let Trump Destroy Higher Education. By Kevin Light-Roth / The Progressive Magazine
In a Trump era, Black students flock to HBCUs, ‘where their history isn’t being erased’, says Spelman College president. By David Smith / The Guardian
Putin’s Message to Ukraine, Europe and Trump: I Won’t Back Down. By Anton Troianovski / NYT
Israel says it’s bombing its way to peace. The region fears more chaos. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians. By Nick Turse / The Intercept
Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite. By Kelly Hayes / Truthout Podcast
At public hearing of White House religion panel, Trump rails against anti-Christian bias. By Jack Jenkins / RNS
Finding Faith In The Kite Runner’s Story Of Redemption. By Debbie Almontaser / Patheos
Trump vs. Truth: The Fight for America’s History. By Jeffrey Toobin / NYT Podcast
The Courtroom Gladiator Who ‘Made America America.’ By Ed Rampell / The Progressive Magazine
U.S. Took Gullah Geechee Land in WWII. They Want It Back. By Adam Mahoney / Capital B
Facing Defunding, Indigenous Cultural Workers Say They Cannot Be Suppressed. By Marianne Dhenin / Truthout
Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth. By Siddhartha Mitter / NYT
80 Years Ago, A Jewish Radical and Two Negro League Stars Led a Crusade to Integrate Baseball That Paved the Way for Jackie Robinson. By Peter Dreier / Znetwork
Referee Danny Crawford goes into Basketball Hall of Fame with respect from players, peers. By Mia Berry / Andscape
Consider the Quarterback. By Louisa Thomas / The New Yorker
‘Linsanity’ out: Jeremy Lin, first Asian American NBA champion, retires. By Des Bieler / Wash Post
Trump Is Met With Mostly Boos at U.S. Open as Security Delays a Match. By David Waldstein / NYT
They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Donald Trump has an Achilles heel that threatens the whole world. By Thom Hartman / MSN
Trump’s War on Black America Isn’t an Accident—It’s a Strategy. By Perry Bacon / TNR
Chicago vs. Trump: Is This A Preamble to Civil War? By Stacey Patton / Newsone
