Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A history lesson for Trump: Lafayette Square was once bordered by ‘slave pens.’ By DeNeen Brown / Wash Post
Robert E. Lee is my ancestor. Take down his statue, and let his cause be lost. By Robert W. Lee IV
“Go Back to the Neighborhood Where You Belong. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
Latinos must confront ‘ingrained’ anti-black racism amid George Floyd protests, some urge. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Officer who stood by as George Floyd died highlights complex Asian American, black relations. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Amy Coopers Are Everywhere. As a black educator, it’s appalling that I’ve been called by white co-workers to remove black students from class. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
Roger Goodell Admits NFL Was Wrong About Player Protests. By Carla Herreria Russo / HuffPost
Oprah Winfrey to Host ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ Special With Black Thought Leaders. By Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone
Police brutality: A historian explains how racist policing took over US cities. By Anna North / Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – America, This Is Your Chance. We must get it right this time or risk losing our democracy forever. By Michelle Alexander / NYT
The Question Isn’t Whether Trump Will Go Full Authoritarian—It’s How We’ll Respond. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
Novelist and screenwriter Aleksandar Hemon on the “magnitude of catastrophe” facing America. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
We are the governed. We no longer consent to let the police kill us. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
George Floyd Reverberates Globally: Thousands Protest In Germany, U.K., New Zealand. By Hannah Hageman / NPR
The author of ‘White Fragility’ doesn’t think ‘most white people care about racial injustice.’ Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
‘I Believe That Better Is Possible’: A Conversation With Stacey Abrams. By Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine
The American Nightmare. To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
White instigators to blame for mayhem in some protests, local officials say. By Stanley-Baker / Wash Post
US racial inequality in 6 stark charts. By Tami Luhby / CNN
The George Floyd Election. How the protests come to be viewed may determine who the next president is. The way that will play out could surprise us. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Trump and Sessions Released Cops From Federal Oversight. Now We See the Results. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
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
