Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists. By Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
Featured George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists. By Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today
Featured Critical race theory turning school boards into GOP proving grounds. By Daniel Payne / Politico
Featured White supremacy, with a tan. By John Blake / CNN
Featured How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy? By Thomas Edsall / NYT
Featured Washington voting rights march marks Martin Luther King anniversary. By Ankita Rao / The Guardian
Featured WATCH: Race Matters — America After George Floyd | A PBS NewsHour Special. By Judy Woodruff / PBS News Hour
Featured An Inspiring Act of Racial Healing in Chattanooga. By Peter Canellos / NYT
Featured 20 years ago Rep. Barbara Lee told America what would happen if we went into Afghanistan. By Lauren Floyd / Daily Kos
Featured Obama poses a question that we still cannot answer. By John Blake / CNN
Featured Follow the money: Understanding the deep roots of Donald Trump’s coup attempt. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Featured Democrats are on the verge of repeating a historic blunder on voting rights. By John Blake / CNN
Featured Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Featured Our ‘Racial Reckoning’ Is Turning Out to Be a White Lie. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Featured We need Nelson Mandela’s example more than ever today. How the South African leader’s radical empathy can help the US today. By John Blake…
Featured Could genocide really happen here? Leading scholar says America is on “high alert.” By David Masciotra / Salon
Featured How the White Press Wrote Off Black America. By Brent Staples / NYT
Featured Trump’s Cult of Animosity Shows No Sign of Letting Up. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Featured Frederick Douglass’s 4th of July speech still burns with his spirit. By Javonte Anderson / USA Today
Featured The War on History Is a War on Democracy. By Timothy Snyder / NYT
Featured The Harlem Cultural Festival footage is getting wider recognition in the new ‘Summer of Soul’ documentary. By Farrell Evans / The Undefeated