Race Inquiry Digest (May 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – A Call to Faith-Based Communities to Bring Dignity and Integrity to our Criminal Justice System. “Our faith calls us to liberate the least…
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White Racism in America’s Police Departments Is So Much Worse Than Most Americans Understand – Jeff Pegues / Alternet
See Big Sean Tackle ‘Hate, Police Brutality’ in Stirring ‘Light’ Video – Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
Survey: the poor white working class was, if anything, more likely than the rich to vote for Clinton – German Lopez / Vox
Donald Trump won because white people felt frightened – Graham Vyse / New Republic
Is This How Discrimination Ends? – Jessica Nordell / The Atlantic
Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748) – Ari Berman / The Nation
Trump Administration Cites Segregation-Era Ruling To Defend Its Travel Ban – Julia Craven / Huff Post
In New Orleans, Racism’s History Is Harder Than Stone – Michael Tisserand / NYT
Asian-Americans Have Highest Poverty Rate In NYC, But Stereotypes Make The Issue Invisible – Kimberly Yam / Huff Post
A Call to Faith-Based Communities to Bring Dignity and Integrity to our Criminal Justice System – Jacqui Lewis / Bill Moyers
Race Inquiry Digest ( May 8 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Cruel Old Party. The Republican Party won control of government promising help. Help for the unemployed, help for the uninsured; help for the…
Book Excerpt : The Battle for the Soul of America Is Being Fought in the States – Rev. Dr. William J. Barber / Bill Moyers
Colgate’s Black Students ‘Angry, Sad, Confused’ In Aftermath of Racial Profiling Incident – Kiersten Willis / Atla Black Star
Whites Cheer Black Athletes and Loathe Them At the Same Time – We Ask Why? Gus T. Renegade / Atl Black Star
Jackson, Mississippi, Just Nominated Radical Activist Chokwe Antar Lumumba to Be the Next Mayor – John Nichols / The Nation
The Republican Party is sociopathic: If you didn’t know that already, the health care bill should make it clear – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way – Carlos Lozada / Wash Post
What happens when the white guys are back in charge – Jill Filipovic / CNN
A string of attacks on black women reminds us that racism is impossible to quantify – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Locked Up for Being Poor – The Editorial Board / NYT
The GOP’s passage of Trumpcare is one of the most callous things the party has ever done – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Race Inquiry Digest – ( May 4 ) Important Current Stories On Race in America
Feature – The Collapse of American Identity. These partisan portraits highlight contrasting responses to the country’s changing demographics and culture, especially over the past decade…
What Does It Take to Convict a Cop? Michael Sakolove / Mother Jones
American policing is broken. Here’s how to fix it. – German Lopez / Vox
Police story about why they gunned down an unarmed black ninth grader falls apart – E.A. Crunden / ThinkProgress
“Strange Victory” :The film acts as a kind of collective psychoanalysis of a segregated and prejudiced nation
