Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Striking Steel. By Imani Perry / The Progressive
North Carolina To Have Its First Black Woman As Supreme Court Chief Justice. By Kimberly Richards / HuffPost
Blackface is just a symptom of American medicine’s racist past. By Christopher D.E. / Wash Post
Black communities aren’t getting the mental health care they need. I’m helping to break the silence. By Taraji P. Henson / NBC News
For black children, there’s a rising need to create safe spaces to talk about trauma. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
Pioneering Black Scientist Wins ‘Nobel Prize For The Environment.’ By Marlene Cimons / Huff Post
New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ By Rhae Lynn Barnes / Wash Post
A Virginia Historian Talks About Why White Supremacy “Must Die and Yet Will Not Die.” By Jacob Rosenberg / Mother Jones
Inside the Radical, Uncomfortable Movement to Reform White Supremacists. By Alyssa Schykar / Mother Jones
Spike Lee: Racism in the DNA of USA. By Christiane Amanpour / CNN World
James Comey: Take down the Confederate statues now. By James Comey / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (February 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers.’ By Colbert King / Wash Post
How Should Americans Tackle Anti-Semitism? By Emma Green / The Atlantic Video
The House Takes on America’s Voting-Rights Problem. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Democrats court rural Southern voters with Stacey Abrams’ State of the Union response. By Sharon Austin / The Conversation
‘Sir, I Never Thought I’d See the Day I’d Be Working for a Colored Officer.’ By Christopher Paul Wolfe / NYT
A Letter to My Niece. By Ariel Felton / The Progressive
How Frank Robinson’s baseball contributions went from underrated to historic. By Claire Smith / The Undefeated
What if the NBA were player-owned? ‘High Flying Bird’ imagines the ultimate disruption. By Kelley L. Carter / The Undefeated
How Trump Continues to Use Race as a Prop. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Race Inquiry Digest (February 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
The Empty Quarters of U.S. Politics. By Paul Krugman / NYT
African-Americans’ economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated. By Vincent Adejumo / The Conversation
Cleaner Classrooms and Rising Scores: With Tighter Oversight, Head Start Shows Gains. By Jason DeParle / NYT
Dying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans. By Yolanda Wilson / The Conversation
Black America Knows White Avengers Like Liam Neeson All Too Well. Roland S. Martin / The Daily Beast
When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
Brian Flores, Chris Grier and the need to succeed in Miami. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Teddy Pendergrass Doc to Premiere on Showtime This Month. By Jon Blisten / Rolling Stone
