Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Stacey Abrams Is Not Running For President, Instead Will Focus On Voter Protection. By Shannon Van Sant / NPR
Barack Obama Drops Summer Reading List: These Books Are ‘Transcendent, All of Them.’ By Christina Zhao / Newsweek
More than 250,000 people sign a petition to rename Fifth Ave. in front of Trump Tower ‘Obama Avenue.’ By Katie Mettler / Wash Post
The Radical Blackness of Ebony Magazine. By Brent Staples / NYT
Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
Simone Biles Has Changed Gymnastics Forever. By Rebecca Schuman / Slate
Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true. By Nicole Hannah-Jones / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (August 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The 1619 Project – American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it…
A history of anti-Hispanic bigotry in the United States. By Marie Arana / Wash Post
This Is What Latinos Think Everyone Got Wrong About El Paso. By Adrian Carrasquillo / Politico
The Vital Importance of Learning to See Latinos in Trump’s America. By Graciela Mochkofsky / The New Yorker
Chicken Plants See Little Fallout From Immigration Raids. By Scott Horsley / NPR
Trump’s DOJ hid shocking report on growing terror threat from white supremacists. By Igor Derysh / Salon
It’s not just David Duke and the KKK anymore: It’s Tucker Carlson and Fox News Network who sell hate. By Lucian K Truscott IV / Salon
The danger of Trump’s pro-white hysteria — and what he means by “the destruction of our country.” By Dan Froomkin / Salon
A Reformed White Nationalist Says the Worst Is Yet to Come. By Yara Bayoumy and Kathy Gilsinan / The Atlantic
5 Years After Michael Brown Shooting, Slow Signs Of Progress. By Jason Rosenbaum / NPR
A battle to give African Americans political power is playing out in Mississippi’s courts. By Danielle McLean / ThinkProgress
In one of the country’s ‘healthiest’ states, obesity plagues black and Hispanic people. By Markian Hawryluk / CNN
‘Brian Banks’ Review: Falsely Accused, and Fighting Back, By Jeannette Catsoulis / NYT
The NCAA doesn’t have a Rich Paul problem. It has a problem with black men. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
Kenny Stills isn’t backing down against Trump supporters, even his own boss. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
White Nationalists Are Debunking White Supremacy. By Willliam Saletan / Slate
Race Inquiry Digest (August 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true. By Nicole Hannah-Jones / NYT
How the Trail of American White Supremacy Led to El Paso. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
This Is a Warning About the 2 Sides of White Nationalism. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
The Fight Against White Nationalism Is Different. By Mike Giglio / The Atlantic
Obamas release powerful statement in response to gun violence: “We are not helpless here” By Cody Fenwick / Salon
The Right Way to Understand White Nationalist Terrorism. By Kathleen Belew / NYT
World Reacts to El Paso Shooting and the Hate That Fueled It. By Richard Perez-Pena and Megan Specia / NYT
