Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – A new statue of Lincoln will adequately honor him alongside Black Americans. By Frank Smith / Wash Post
Featured – A new statue of Lincoln will adequately honor him alongside Black Americans. By Frank Smith / Wash Post
Featured – How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
Featured – Removing monuments is the easy part. We must make America a real democracy. By Rev William Barber and Rev Bernice King / The…
Featured – Biden unveils economic plan to combat racial inequality, slams Trump for stoking tensions. By Adam Edelman and Marianna Sotomayor / NBC News
Featured – Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: “We do not have a real democracy.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Featured – Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal. By Ezra Klein / Vox
Featured – The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Featured – How Black Lives Matter Could Reshape the 2020 Elections. By Charlotte Alter / Time
Featured – “Do You Think You’re Not Involved?” The Racial Reckoning of “Blood at the Root.” By Casey Cep / The New Yorker
Featured – Europe in 1989, When the Berlin Wall Fell, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause. By David W. Blight / The…