Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Jay-Z Takes on the Super Bowl. By Katherine Rosman / NYT
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Bloomberg offers plan to confront racial economic inequality. By Associated Press
Trump’s Stealth Plan To Preserve White Electoral Power. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Lindsey Graham’s Democratic Challenger Nearly Tied in Heavily-Republican South Carolina, Poll Shows. By Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek
The complicated beauty of student debt forgiveness, according to the CEO who cleared the loans of nearly 400 Morehouse grads. By Abigail Jhess / CNBC
Anita Hill: It’s too late for Joe Biden to apologize for botching Clarence Thomas hearings. By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
After Our Reporting, Connecticut Officials Are Taking On Housing Segregation. By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Jenna Carlesso / Propublica
Supreme Court Could Be Headed To A Major Unraveling Of Public School Funding. By Nina Totenberg / NPR
A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base.’ By Neil MacFarquhar and Adam Goldman / NYT
“Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War.” A Review by Casey Cep / The New Yorker
Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide. By Greg Grandin / The Nation
LeBron James opens up and reflects on Kobe Bryant after passing him on NBA scoring list. By Jeff Zillgitt / USA Today
NFL wades back into controversy with new Super Bowl ad about police shootings. By Chauncey Alcorn / CNN
The Joy of Lizzo. By Brittany Spanos / Rolling Stone
Diddy calls out Grammys for not respecting black music ‘to the point that it should be.’ By Mesfin Fekadu and The Associated Press
How the Grammys Descended Into Behind-the-Scenes Chaos. By Andrew R. Chow / Time
#OscarsSoWhite meets #OscarsSoConservative. The Academy has overlooked some of this year’s most progressive films. By Ed Rampell / The Progressive
How Republicans made millions on the tax cuts they pushed through Congress. By Peter Cary / Center for Public Integrity and Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Donald Trump and his demons: Why the assault on democracy will get worse. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
I spent MLK Day reading Stephen Miller’s racist emails. Here’s why. Chauncey DeVega / Salon
The Agitated M.L.K. I Came to Love. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Trump’s election was personal: It’s white America’s vicious backlash to black success. By Howard Bryant / Salon
Why Trump Persists. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Auschwitz survivors bear witness as anti-Semitic attacks rise. By Melissa Bell / CNN
The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share. By Richard Rothstein / NYT
Ella Baker’s Legacy Runs Deep. Know Her Name. By Barbara Ransby / NYT
More Slayings at Parchman as Mississippi Confronts Prison Crisis. By Rick Rojas / NYT
