Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Trump’s Nationalism Advances on a Predictable Trajectory to Violence. His Supporters Will Kill When They’re Told To. By Aleksandar Hemon / The Intercept
Coronavirus misinformation crosses divides to infect black social media. By Janell Ross / NBC News
A black woman is ‘not a must’ for Biden’s running mate, Clyburn says. By Mike Memoli / NBC News
Two Weapons, a Chase, a Killing and No Charges. By Richard Fausset / NYT
Colleges serving Hispanic students take on urgent role as bridge to ‘post-pandemic future.’ By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Grand. A Grandparents Wisdom for a Happy Life. By Charles Johnson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. By Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
W.E.B. Du Bois: A New Book On The Life Of A Radical Scholar. By J. T. Roane / AAIHS
Don’t forget Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in greatest NBA player of all-time debates. By Heff Zillgitt / USA Today
Featured – Watch “FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage” on YouTube
Race Inquiry Digest (May 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Why Biden’s Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications. By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns / NYT
Coronavirus is exploiting ‘the fissures of society,’ the Rev. William Barber says. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Job or Health? Restarting the Economy Threatens to Worsen Economic Inequality. By Jim Tankersley / NYT
Retail Covid-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities. By Aaron Ross Coleman / Vox
Trump Hasn’t Given Up on Divide and Conquer. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Virginia’s new voting rights laws are an example for the country. By Susan Swecker, Creigh Deeds and Joe Lindsey / Wash Post
Ex-NAACP Leader Kweisi Mfume Wins Special Election To Replace Elijah Cummings. By Brian Witte and Julio Cortez / Huff Post
Jaime Harrison Just Outraised Lindsey Graham. That’s Good News For Him—He’s Gonna Need That $$$. By Kara Voght / Mother Jones
Julián Castro: Latinos grapple with ‘the worst of all worlds’ amid coronavirus pandemic. By Suzanne Bamboa / NBC News
Federal agencies are doing little about the rise in anti-Asian hate. By Alexia Fernandez Campbell and Alex Ellerbeck / NBC News
Coronavirus package falls short for lenders to Latino, minority businesses. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Netflix’s Michelle Obama Documentary Will Take Peek At Her Post-White House Life. By Curtis M. Wong / HuffPost
In “Bull,” actor Rob Morgan continues the long history of the black American cowboy. By Gary M. Kramer / Salon
‘The Last Dance’ is awe-inspiring. But it has one big problem. By Will Leitch / Wash Post
Stephon Marbury Has His Own Story to Tell. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
‘A Terrible Price’: The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America. By Linda Villarosa / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (May 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Watch “FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage” on YouTube
Alicia Keys performs her new song, “Good Job.” / You Tube
Covid-19 pandemic shines a light on a new kind of class divide and its inequalities. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
LA Times: New Data Reveals COVID-19 Is Killing Younger Black And Latino Californians At Higher Rates. By James West / Mother Jones
