Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What critics are missing about Prince’s raw, rule-breaking memoir. By Clay Cane / CNN
Rap legend Rakim opens up about finding his unique, intellectual sound and transforming hip-hop. By D. Watkins / Salon
Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind. By Charlayne Hunter-Gault / PBS News Hour
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The ‘Lost Cause’ That Built Jim Crow. Southern “Redeemers” snuffed out the first black power movement. By Henry Louis Gates / NYT
The history of black baseball in D.C. includes Frederick Douglass’ sons, Josh Gibson and the fight for equality. By Rhiannon Walker / The Undefeated
The Lives That Won’t Ever Matter In Trump’s America. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Did Warren Pass the Medicare Test? I Think So. By Paul Krugman / NYT
The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right. By Shaun Assael / Politico
How black activist James Stern took control of Jeff Schoep’s neo- Nazi National Socialist Movement. By Katie Mettler / Wash Post
‘We Need Everybody’: An interview with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza. By Alexander Tempus / The Progressive
Seeking justice: End the torture of solitary confinement and harsh sentencing. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Mississippi governor’s race taking place under Jim Crow-era rules after judge refuses to block them. By Gideon Cohn-Postar / The Conversation
After Harvard affirmative action decision, Asian American students rethink college applications. By Chris Fuchs / NBC News
The First Black Mayor Of Talladega, Alabama, Is Poised To Push His City Into The Future. By Phillip Lewis / HuffPost
To Fix Racial Gerrymander, North Carolina Republicans Considered a Map That Could Have Elected an All-White Slate. By David Daley / The Intercept
5 ways to honor Native Americans during National Native American Heritage Month. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
How a lawsuit over Detroit schools could have an ‘earth-shattering’ impact. By Erin Einhorn / NBC News
Black kids go missing at a higher rate than white kids. Here’s why we don’t hear about them. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
Oprah’s Book Club Changed the Game—and Created a New World for Black Readers Like Me. By Jamilah King / Mother Jones
The Glorious Return of Funk. By Nate Slaoan / NYT
2019 is the Year of the Black QB. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind. By Charlayne Hunter-Gault / PBS News Hour
Nearly 75% of African Americans support reparations for slavery. Only 15% of white Americans do, a poll says. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
With Plans To Pay Slavery Reparations, Two Seminaries Prompt A Broader Debate. By Tom Gjelten / NPR
Elijah Cummings: We are in a fight for the soul of our democracy. By Elijah E. Cummings / Wash Post
Trump has united different Latino generations on one thing — voting him out. By Gwen Aviles / NBC News
Democrats Have the Most Racially Diverse Field Ever. The Top Tier Is All White. By Astead W. Herndon and Jonathan Martin / NYT
In Milwaukee, an inner-city group tackles a key Democratic need: Turning out black voters. By Jenna Johnson / Wash Post
North Carolina’s Congressional Gerrymander Is Dead. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Michelle Obama Says White People Are ‘Still Running’ From Non-White and Immigrant Families. By Jeffery Martin / Newsweek
