Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Unequal Justice: The Supreme Court Tackles Political Gerrymandering, Again. By Bill Blum / The Progressive
Who has the best hair in the NCAA tournament? By Jessie Washington / The Undefeated
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Identity. By Josephine Livingstone / The New Republic
Cornell Belcher schools progressives on what it will take to win the White House in 2020. Stephanie Griffith / ThinkProgress
Race Inquiry Digest (April 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political. By Dani McClain / The Nation
The tough choices black parents face when choosing a school for their children. By Kimberly Seals Allers / Wash Post
Being Black in a White Academic World. By Jemelle Bouie, Rachelle Hampton, Aisha Harris and Carvell Wallace / Slate
Discovered After 70, Black Artists Find Success, Too, Has Its Price. By Hilarie M. Sheets / NYC
Human Genomics Research Has A Diversity Problem. By Jonathan Lambert / NPR
Florida Republicans vote to strip most felons of voting rights unless they pay “poll tax.” By Igor Derysh / Salon
America Through Nazi Eyes. By Omer Aziz / Dissent
Fox viewers think Trump’s the best president, and that’s far from their worst misconception. By Sam Fullwood III / ThinkProgress
The White-Extinction Conspiracy Theory Is Bonkers. By Farhad Manjoo / NYC
The Roots of Police Violence in Chicago. Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Facebook Won’t Let Employers, Landlords or Lenders Discriminate in Ads Anymore. By Jack Gillum and Ariana Tobin / ProPublica
The entrenched segregation of New York City’s public high schools. By Rachel Leah / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (March 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Cornell Belcher schools progressives on what it will take to win the White House in 2020. Stephanie Griffith / ThinkProgress
Reparations are overdue: “Confronting the truth” about slavery means paying for it. By D. Watkins / Salon
Excellent James Baldwin speech in Berkeley (1979)
The New Zealand Shooting and the Great-Man Theory of Misery. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
New Zealand Shooting: White Supremacists and Jihadists Feed Off Each Other. By Rita Katz / The Daily Beast
The internet is radicalizing white men. Big tech could be doing more. By Alex Koppelman / CNN
Fewer Than 20 Percent Of Americans Say Trump Opposes White Nationalism. By Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost
Admissions scandal reveals ‘aristocracy masquerading as a meritocracy.’ By Ronald Brownstein / CNN
The college admissions scam opens a new front in the affirmative action debate. By John Blake / CNN
New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900. By Molly Olmstead / Slate
Justices take up racial bias in Mississippi jury selection. By The Associated Press
Donna Brazile and Fox News are a bad pairing in the Trump era. By Rem Rieder / ThinkProgress
Can Florida go from swing state to blue? Andrew Gillum wants to try. By Addy Baird / ThinkProgress
Excluded by banks, minorities in California became their own lenders. By Frank Shyong / LATimes
