Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
O’Rourke Promises To ‘Take Your AR-15,’ But Americans Are Split On Buybacks. By Brandon Carter / NPR
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Trump’s “Racially Discriminatory Scheme” to Skew Redistricting. Ari Berman / Mother Jones
How Black Americans Were Robbed of Their Land. Video by The Atlantic
Couples in Virginia will no longer have to disclose race to obtain a marriage license. By Minyvonne Burke / NBC News
Crystal Mason Reacts To Felicity Huffman’s 14-Day Prison Sentence. By Sam levine / HuffPost
The Ongoing Struggle of the Black Ivy League. By Alaina Morgan / AAIHS
Lupita Nyong’o Talks Us, Black Panther, Her Oscar and Americana. By Kimberly Drew / Vanity Fair
Restoring Black Cowboys to the Range. By Sarah Maslin Nir / NYT
Country Music Is More Diverse Than You Think. By Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan / NYT
“You’re Gonna See a Lot Of Swag”: James Harden on the New Houston Rockets and His Latest Sneaker/ By Dan Adler / Vanity Fair
Teaching Hard History. Preface by Hasan Kwame Jeffries / Southern Poverty Law Center
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Hollow boom: why black Americans feel left out of US’s robust economy. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back. By Hannah Knowles / Wash Post
Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race. By Corey Robin / The New Yorker
Virginia seminary sets aside $1.7 million to pay reparations to descendants of slaves. By Daniel Burke / CNN
White nationalism: How terrorism has changed since 9/11 — and why America won’t unite. By Mike Kelly / USA Today
Banking while black: Minority business owners with better credit scores than white counterparts face worse treatment and more scrutiny. By Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Trump’s housing finance plan will make mortgages more expensive, especially for black borrowers, housing groups say. By Tracy Jan and Renae Merle / Wash Post
No One Should Take Black Voters for Granted. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
What College Admissions Offices Really Want. By Paul Tough / NYT
Historically black colleges give graduates a wage boost. By Gregory N. Price / The Conversation
Why black parents of Arlington are joining forces. By Amina Luqman-Dawson, Adora Williams and Whytni Kernodle / Wash Post
Curious Kids: Who was the first black child to go to an integrated school? By Russell Wllsworth Lovell II / The Conversation
Tina Turner Is Having the Time of Her Life. By Amanda Hess / NYT
Where are the black men in tennis? By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Conservatives’ reaction to the ‘1619 Project’ is disappointing — and instructive. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Teaching Hard History. Preface by Hasan Kwame Jeffries / Southern Poverty Law Center
Nation’s failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls. By Eileen Rivers / USA Today
Lester Holt Q&A: In prison, I learned about hope and resilience. By Eileen Rivers / USA Today
How Joe Biden attracts both black voters and racially ‘resentful’ voters. By Alexander Agadjanian / Wash Post
