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Deshaun Watson’s status remains muddled, and the NFL seems content to wait it out. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
NBA Anti-Vaxxers Are Pushing Around the League–It’s Working. By Matt Sullivan / RollingStone
The ugly history behind those border agents chasing Haitian migrants on horseback. By Julia Craven / Slate
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Equity Report | Our America. ABC News
Manchin’s “Strategic Pause” Could Sink Biden’s Agenda. By Alex Shepard / TNR
Biden Is Right To Call The State Of Voting Rights An Existential Threat. But The Walk Must Be As Aggressive As The Talk. By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. and David Daley / TPM
Cry macho: Why scared white guys are so dangerous. By Joe Hayden / Salon
Bipartisan police reform talks crumble. By Marianne Levine and Nicholas Wu / Politico
White Evangelicals Shun Morality for Power. Charles M. Blow / NYT
Biden slips into political quicksand amid Haitian migrant buildup. By Natasha Korecki and Laura Barron-Lopez / Politico
New York’s Superstar Progressive Isn’t A.O.C. By Bret Stephens / NYT
Why Texas’s laws are moving right while its population shifts left. By Brittany Renee Mayes, Leslie Shapiro and Zach Levitt / Wash Post
Black Iowa police chief faces backlash after bringing change. By The AP and NBC News
Asian American lawmakers want quicker action from hate-crimes law. By David Nakamura / Wash Post
Mental health takes a toll on the incarcerated — and their families. By Patrice Gaines / NBC News
Teaching While Black Is Becoming a Fireable Offense. By Peter Greene / The Progressive
‘Transforming the Lives of Students’: FAMU Recognized as Highest-ranking Public HBCU Among Nation’s Top Schools for Third Consecutive Year. By Angelina Velasquez / Atlanta Black Star
Martin Luther King, Jr. and 1619. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
The bestseller ‘Black Boy Joy’ highlights the bright but overlooked experiences of Black boyhood. By Keishel Williams / Wash Post
Latinos are absent in newsrooms, Hollywood films, new govt. report finds. By AP and NBC News
Emmys So White: People of Color Shut Out Acting Categories. By Clayton Davis / Variety
‘Muhammad Ali’ doc: Joe Frazier rivalry highlights episode three. By Scooby Axson / USA Today
Seimone Augustus Found Her Voice Long Before Coaching. By Natalie Weiner / NYT
Grant Hill prepares for first task as new managing director of USA Basketball. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Jaylen Brown on why it’s important for the Celtics and NBA to hire African American head coaches. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Rev. William J. Barber II: America is now at the “most critical time, between life and death.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured R. Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sexual Abuse Trial. By Alanna Vagianos and Taryn Finley / HuffPost