Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Obama urges young black people to ‘feel hopeful even as you may feel angry’ after George Floyd’s death. By MJ Lee and Dan Merica / CNN
Ella Jones Is Elected First Black Mayor of Ferguson. By Jennifer Medina / NYT
The NFL’s Amnesia Is Just Like America’s. When the league had the opportunity to be on the right side of history, it chose the coward’s path. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
Spike Lee’s “3 Brothers” short film brings together George Floyd and Radio Raheem — watch. By Zack Sharf / Salon
Anti-Trump Republican group attacks Trump on race in new ad. By Jim Acosta and Fredreka Schouten / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Police brutality: A historian explains how racist policing took over US cities. By Anna North / Vox
Minneapolis, the Coronavirus, and Trump’s Failure to See a Crisis Coming. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Like Trump, JFK faced riots. Here’s what he did to stop the violence in Birmingham in 1963. By Steven Levingston / Wash Post
James Clyburn on the Floyd Killing and The Role of Race In The Coming Election. By Chris Smith / Vanity Fair
What Top Conservatives Are Saying About George Floyd and Police Brutality. By Michael M. Grynbaum and Jeremy W. Peters / NYT
Why white silence is deafening — and deadly. By Sirry Lang / Salon
A Decade Of Watching Black People Die. Code Switch / NPR
Legal immunity for police misconduct, under attack from left and right, may get Supreme Court review. By Richard Wolf / USA Today
Congress Plans Hearings on Racial Violence and Use of Force by the Police. By Nicholas Fandos / NYT
Anti-lockdown protesters show how the idea of “freedom” has degenerated. By Michael J. Thompson, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker / Salon
Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham locked in dead heat with Democratic challenger in red South Carolina. By Roger Sollenberger / Salon
My Vanishing Country: A Memoir. By Bakari Sellers
Colin Kaepernick Tried To Tell White America. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Michael Jordan ‘Angry’ over George Floyd’s Death: ‘We Have Had Enough.’ By Rob Goldberg / Bleacherreport
Letter from a Region in My Mind. By James Baldwin / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Anti-Trump Republican group attacks Trump on race in new ad. By Jim Acosta and Fredreka Schouten / CNN
African-Americans Are Highly Visible in the Military, but Almost Invisible at the Top. By Helene Cooper / NYT
I’m a public defender in Manhattan. The Central Park video is all too familiar. By Eliza Orlins / Wash Post
Another unarmed black man has died at the hands of police. When will it end? By Editorial Board / Wash Post
In Large Texas Cities, Access To Coronavirus Testing May Depend On Where You Live. By Stephanie Adeline / NPR
The federal government fiddles as covid-19 ravages Native Americans. By Elizabeth Warren and Deb Haaland / Wash Post
In Memphis, Journalism Can Still Bring Justice. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
Jennifer Carroll Foy Jumps Into Virginia Governor’s Race, Hoping To Make History. By Amanda Terkel / HuffPost
Florida breakthrough: Ex-felon voting rights restored; “modern day poll tax” ruled illegal. By Jessica Corbett / Salon
The New Russell Simmons Documentary Grapples With the Price Black Women Pay When They Accuse Their Own. By Jamilah King / Mother Jones
