Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
This black man shouldn’t spend life in prison for trying to steal hedge clippers. By Chief Justice Bernette Johnson / The Guardian
America’s Policing System Is Broken. It’s Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety. By Josiah Bates and Karl Vick / Time
The Black Lives Matter Movement Hits a Different Kind of Wall. By Robin Givhan / Wash Post
A confluence of events has created a moment for a Georgia pastor to take a Senate seat away from warring Republicans. By Paul Kane / Wash Post
Coronavirus relief favors white households, leaving many people of color at risk of being evicted. By Taylor Miller Thomas / Politico
Obesity, race play roles in severe COVID-19 illness among kids. By Erika Edwards / NBC News
A white person and a Black person vote by mail in the same state. Whose ballot is more likely to be rejected? By Jane C. Timm / NBC News
Most VA workers see racism against colleagues and veterans, union survey finds. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Black women account for less than 3% of U.S. doctors. Is health care finally ready to face racism and sexism? By Maria Aspan / Fortune
The Battle Between W.E.B. Du Bois and His White Editor Was an Early Reckoning Over Objectivity. By Jacob Rosenberg / Mother Jones
Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America. By George Yancey / Audiobook
With his camera, Gordon Parks humanized the Black people others saw as simply criminals. By Sebastian Smee / Wash Post
Louis Gossett Jr. Is An Optimist. To Survive Hollywood, He’s Had To Be. By Matthew Jacobs / HuffPost
NBA Foundation created, pledges $300 million to Black growth. By The Associated Press / NBC News
A new statue of Lincoln will adequately honor him alongside Black Americans. By Frank Smith / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Nonviolent Activist Who Mentored John Lewis, Rev. James Lawson. By Peter Dreier / The Progressive
The complex history and an uncertain future of American whiteness. By Nell Irvin Painter / NBC News
Trump’s History of Racism and the Reckoning It Has Forced. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
How Viral Videos of Racist Incidents Are Changing Society. Erica Solano and Alexander Robson / Time
How Has the Electoral College Survived for This Long? Resistance to eliminating it has long been connected to the idea of white supremacy. By Alexander Keyssar / NYT
Black Lives Matter in Small Towns, Too. By Amanda Solliday / The Progressive
Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities. By Eric Kyere / The Conversation
The American dream while Black: Locked in a vicious cycle. Homeownership is supposed to be the gateway to the American dream. By Nigel Chiwaya and Janell Ross / NBC News
Black-owned companies are shutting down twice as fast as other businesses. By Chauncey Alcorn / CNN
Touting Her Experience, Susan Rice Makes Her Case For Biden’s VP Slot. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
If corporations want to stop racism, here’s where they can start. By John W. Rogers Jr. and Charles A. Tribbett / Wash Post
Distrust of the Minneapolis Police, and Also the Effort to Defund Them. By John Eligon / NYT
‘Life of a Klansman’ Tells Ugly Truths About America, Past and Present. By Walter Isaacson / NYT
Returning From War, Returning to Racism. By Alexis Clark / NYT
Stokely Carmichael didn’t deserve Bill Clinton’s swipe during John Lewis’s funeral. By Hasan Kwame Jeffries / Wash Post
