Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race. By Asma Khalid / NPR
How the Fed Is Trying to Fix Its White Male Problem. By Jeanna Smialek / NYT
Five African Americans named ‘genius’ grant winnners by MacArthur Foundation. By Kevin Parrish Jr. / The Undefeated
Warren gets ‘dramatic shift’ in support from black voters. By Maya King / Politico
Black Workers Are the Heartbeat of the GM Strike. By Eli Day / Mother Jones
Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder. By Bobby Allyn / NPR
If You Are Black and in a Mental Health Crisis, 911 Can Be a Death Sentence. By Shaun King / The Intercept
Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in Admissions, Judge Rules. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
The Cult of Rich-Kid Sports. By Derek Thompson / The Atlantic
N.C.A.A. Athletes Could Be Paid Under New California Law. By Alan Binder / NYT
Jerry Rice: Running back Jim Brown is the greatest player in NFL history. By Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz / USA Today
How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music. By Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Discovering Cuba, an Island of Music. By Shannon Sims / NYT
Historian Warns Today’s America Looks ‘Eerily Similar’ to Period Before the Civil War, Compares Movement Conservatives to Slaveholder Elite. By Shane Croucher / Newsweek
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – A hug of forgiveness for Amber Guyger is not absolution for America’s racism. By Isaac Bailey / CNN
Red and Blue Voters Live in Different Economies. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Warren Courts African American Voters To Cement Her 2020 Coalition. By Kevin Robillard / HuffPost
How to defeat dog-whistle politics, win elections and build a progressive majority: Part 1. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Holder-affiliated group launches new challenge to partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina. By Amy Gardner / Wash Post
“Worth This Investment”: Memos Reveal the Scope and Racial Animus of GOP Gerrymandering Ambitions. By David Daley / The Intercept
White evangelicals love Trump and aren’t confused about why. No one should be. By Anthea Butler / NBC News
‘OK’ is now a hate symbol, the ADL says. By Sara Sidner / CNN
Gov. Hogan: $200 million is ‘final offer’ to resolve HBCU lawsuit. By Talia Richman / The Baltimore Sun
Ta-Nehisi Coates on His Debut Novel “The Water Dancer,” Slavery & Reparations. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
During the Jewish High Holidays, there’s a growing awareness that not all U.S. Jews are white. By Michelle Boorstein / Wash Post
How Harvard admissions can be a barometer of our deepest divides. By Jennifer Lee and Van C. Tran / CNN
‘Hustlers’ And The Evolution Of Asian Sex Workers On-Screen. By Tiffany Diane Ts / HuffPost
Eddie Murphy Is Bringing Eddie Murphy Back. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
Overlooked No More: Robert Johnson, Bluesman Whose Life Was a Riddle. By Reggie Ugwu / NYT
Elaine Massacre: Federal troops escorting African Americans to the schoolhouse in Elaine, Ark; October 1919. By Christina Maxouris / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Historian Warns Today’s America Looks ‘Eerily Similar’ to Period Before the Civil War, Compares Movement Conservatives to Slaveholder Elite. By Shane Croucher /…