Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
I’m Jewish and Don’t Identify as White. Why Must I Check That Box? By Kwame Anthony Appiah / NYT
Americans aren’t worried about white nationalism in the military – because they don’t know it’s there. By Jennifer Spindel, Matt Motta, and Robert Ralston / The Conversation
Couple says they faced discrimination in home appraisal because of wife’s race. By Tess Scott, Zoe Lake, Meagan Redman, Jasmine Brown, Acacia Nunes, and Lauren Effron/ ABC News
How I Found My Voice as the Only Native Student in My Class. By Nick Martin / The New Republic
I’m Kentucky’s only Black female legislator. Here’s how we get Breonna Taylor justice. By Attica Scott / Wash Post
Stocks are soaring, but most Black people are missing out. By CBS News
12-year-old genius on soaring through college: “I just grasp information quickly.” By Mark Strassman / CBS News
School Suspension Data Shows Glaring Disparities in Discipline by Race. By Lauren Camera / US News
California poised to reject affirmative action measure despite summer of activism. By Alexander Nieves / Politico
Tragedy and Triumph: The Dorothy Dandridge Story. By Hadley Hall Meares / Vanity Fair
The Exhausted Radiance of Claudine. By Charles Taylor / Dissent
It’s time to end the LeBron James-Michael Jordan debate. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Joe Morgan loved baseball but also challenged its outdated practices. By Claire Smith / The Undefeated
Featured – COVID deaths reveal how racism still has its grip on America. By USA Today Staff
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – With days left, Black voters face orchestrated efforts to discourage voting. By April Glaser / NBC News
How Black people maintain hope — and why that’s so important. By Erin Aubry Kaplan / LA Times
Samuel L. Jackson Hits Donald Trump, GOP With ‘Vote, Dammit, Vote’ Video. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t. By Joan Walsh / The Nation
Jaime Harrison sets Senate fundraising record with $57 million haul in South Carolina. By Max Greenwood / The Hill
Biden’s Test In Michigan: Winning Over Black And Brown Voters Disillusioned In 2016. By Asma Khalid / NPR
The plot against Whitmer won’t be the last white supremacist threat. By Kathleen Belew / Wash Post
Greensboro Massacre: City Apologizes 41 Years After Cops Allowed Klan, Nazis to Kill 5 Antiracists. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
How Asian Americans are fighting bias and racism in 2020. By Alvin Patrick / CBS News
What We Can Learn From the Rise and Fall of ‘Political Blackness.’ By Kwame Anthony Appiah / NYT
‘Disconnected from reality’: Latinos hit hard by Covid slam Trump’s remarks. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
California Ushers In A Bold New Era Of Board Diversity. By Michael Peregrine / Forbes
Trump and McConnell’s mostly white male judges buck 30-year trend of increasing diversity on the courts. By Rorie Solberg / The Conversation
Princeton building once named for Woodrow Wilson to be named after Black alum Mellody Hobson. By Stephen Smith / CBS News
Mapping A Plan For Reparations In The Twenty-First Century. By Ashley Dennis / AAIHS
Why Black Parishioners Are Leaving Churches. By Dara T. Mathis / The Atlantic
