Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What is Reconstruction? The era offers lessons on white nationalism, Trump, and the Capitol riot. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured We need more ‘trauma-free Blackness.’ Here’s a start. By John Blake / CNN
Ken Burns Says U.S. Has 3 Viruses: COVID-19, White Supremacy And Misinformation. By Rachel Martin / NPR
Obituary for a Failed Presidency. By Susan B. Glasser / The New Yorker
Would MLK have wanted “healing” after this outrage? Not without justice. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
What Jon Ossoff means for the South and its buried Jewish past. By Steve Oney / Wash Post
New data shows both a hopeful and worrying portrait of race in America. By Henry Olsen / Wash Post
The Jamaican connection. By Robert Samuels / Wash Post
New Program Aims To Bring More Civil Rights Lawyers To The South. By Carrie Johnson / NPR
The Prophecies of George Floyd. By Michael Eric Dyson / The New Yorker
A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / The New Yorker
A Disproportionate Share of COVID-19 Vaccines Are Going to White People. By Madison Pauly / Mother Jones
Raphael Warnock and the Solitude of the Black Senator. By Theodore R. Johnson / NYT
Lincoln Knew in 1838 What 2021 Would Bring. By Bret Stephens / NYT
Enslaved Black craftsmen helped build the U.S. Capitol that a mob fueled by racist rhetoric stormed. By Felicia A. Bell / Wash Post
Trump Administration’s ‘1776 Report’ Justifies Slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow. By Mike Konczal / The Nation
Before ‘I Have a Dream,’ Martin Luther King Almost Died. This Man Saved Him. By Michael Wilson / NYT
Black Music Has a New Home in Nashville. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
NFL diversity group calls the absence of new Black head coaches ‘mind-boggling.’ By Mark Maske / Wash Post
She Thought the Grizzlies Wanted Hiring Advice. They Wanted Her. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
HBO’s messy “Tiger” treats the controversial golf icon as salacious entertainment. By Kaitlin Thomas / Salon
Joe Biden delivers one of the best inaugural addresses in memory. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured What is Reconstruction? The era offers lessons on white nationalism, Trump, and the Capitol riot. By Fabiola Cineas / Vox
Black Americans Have Seen White Terrorists Rampage Before. By Rochelle Riley / The Undefeated
The Capitol riot is a reminder of the links between police and white supremacy. By Anna North / Vox
Pentagon probes extremism in U.S. military as thousands of troops guard D.C. after Capitol riot. By Kevin Breuninger and Amanda Macias / CNBC
Why Is America So Divided Today? By Ian Bremmer / Time
The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America. By Matthew Avery Sutton / The New Republic
White women’s role in white supremacy, explained. By Anna North / Vox
