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Biographer and journalist David Maraniss on Trump, Obama and history turned “upside down.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition. By Reverend William Barber / The Guardian
The Decade in Asian America. By Jenn Fang / NBC News
Black Lives Matter began after Trayvon Martin’s death. Ferguson showed its staying power. By Patrisse Cullors / NBC News
Fifty Years After the Police Murders of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. By Norman Stockwell and Frances Madeson / The Progressive
N.Y. Times edits Bret Stephens “Jewish Genius” column to remove scholar who “promoted racist views.” By Igor Derysh / Salon
Jewish community grapples with how to stem growing anti-Semitic violence. By Ben Kesslen / NBC News
2019 Brought Stepped-Up Efforts To Counter White Supremacist Violence. By Hannah Allam / NPR
Trump’s threat to democracy. By Joe Scarborough / Wash Post
Gerrymandering is alive and well. The coming battle will be bigger than ever. By Jane C. Timm / NBC News
First there was ‘diversity.’ Then ‘inclusion.’ Now H.R. wants everyone to feel like they ‘belong.’ By Jena McGregor / Wash Post
In a Homecoming Video Meant to Unite Campus, Almost Everyone Was White. By Julie Bosman, Emily Shetler and Natalie Yahr / NYT
A mother’s warning: If you have white teen sons, listen up. By Sara Sidner / CNN
Census Bureau Finds Latinos, Asians Sensitive To Now-Blocked Citizenship Question. By Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
Why We Need A Teacher Workforce That’s Both Diverse And Knowledgeable. By Natalie Wexler / Forbes
The Ongoing Struggle of John Lewis. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
The Decade We Changed Our Minds. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Biographer and journalist David Maraniss on Trump, Obama and history turned “upside down.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
‘The War of Races’: How a hateful ideology echoes through American history. By Michael E. Miller / Wash Post
Slavery cost him his family. That’s when Henry ‘Box’ Brown mailed himself to freedom. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
2019 marked 400 years of ‘forbidden black love’ in America. By Dianne M. Stewart / Wash Post
The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019. By Bernard McGhee / PBS News Hour
How to stop the horrifying resurgence of anti-Semitism. By Moshe Kantor / CNN
This week is the somber anniversary of the largest mass execution in the US. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Native Americans, the census’ most undercounted racial group, fight for an accurate 2020 tally. By Ben Kesslen / NBC News
The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America. By Senator Byron L. Dorgan / Amazon
