Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The limited usefulness of Black conservatives. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Teachers say parents, laws are changing how they teach race and gender. By Hannah Natanson / Wash Post
Are Standardized Tests Racist, or Are They Anti-racist? By Neil Lewis Jr. The Atlantic
The Biden administration is finally ready to show teeth on housing discrimination. By Rachel M. Cohen / Vox
Unbought and Unbossed: The Racism That Comes With The Fight For Reproductive Rights. By Nicole Moore / HuffPost
The life-and-death consequences of the shortage of Black psychiatrists. By Amanda J. Calhoun / Slate
In an HBCU first, Howard awarded $90 million military research contract. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
The Church Was Meant to Enjoy Its Diversity, Not Wish It Away. By Helen Lee and Michelle Ami Reyes / CT
How Southern California helped birth white Christian nationalism. By Yonat Shimron / Religion News
Editorial: Republican agenda hardly reflective of Catholic values. By NCR Editorial Staff / NCR
USCCB official: The church must admit its role in destroying Native American culture. By Dan Stockman / GSR
How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom. By Viola Franziska Muller / The Conversation
Louis Congo: Ex-Slave and Executioner of Louisiana. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
The Poetry of a Prison Uprising. By Elias Rodriques / Dissent Magazine
2023 Oscar noms exclude acclaimed films by and about Black people. By Michelle Garcia / NBC News
You People’: A master class in race relations, delivered as comedy. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Exclusive: Gary Bettman not interested in ‘debate’ with Ron DeSantis over discrimination claim. By Matthew Fairburn / The Athletic
Stephen A. Smith talks about debate TV shows and his new memoir. By Ben Strauss / Wash Post
Tony Dungy shows the regressive and intolerant worst in sports. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Ben Shelton is adding his name to America’s Black tennis talent to watch. By Andrew Jones / Andscape
Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness. By Karen Attiah / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Violent History Echoes in the Killing of Tyre Nichols. By Emil Yetlin / NYT
States Push for New Voting Laws With an Eye Toward 2024. By Neil Vigdor / NYT
Treasury Department Study: White People Get 90 Percent of the Benefits of Many Tax Breaks. By Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones
Biden admin releases first plan to support Asian American, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian communities. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Colorado police and paramedics plead not guilty in Elijah McClain death. By AP and NPR
Historically Black Catholic university announces new medical college to meet dire shortage. By Peter Finney Jr. / NCR
