Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Curtis Mayfield’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell. By Jason Heller / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (March 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – After 100 years, Mussolini’s fascist party is a reminder of the fragility of freedom. By Richard Gunderman / The Conversaation
At CPAC, Extremists On Stage And Off. By Christopher Mathias / HuffPost
White Supremacist Propaganda At ‘Record-Setting’ Levels, ADL Report Finds. By Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR
Trump’s support among Hispanics and Latinos is real. Don’t assume it will fade. By David Byler / Wash Post
Ensuring racial equality – from classrooms to workplaces – depends on federal regulations Trump could roll back. By Derek W. Black / The Conversation
The Schools That Tried—But Failed—to Make Native Americans Obsolete. By Alia Wong / The Atlantic
Reckoning With Violence. By Michelle Alexander / NYT
For Asian Americans in the Midwest, the census is a new — and difficult — challenge. By Chris Fuchs / NBC News
As Elite Campuses Diversify, A ‘Bias Towards Privilege’ Persists. By Elissa Nadworny / NPR
Unearthing Black History at Green-Wood Cemetery. By Natalie Meade / The New Yorker
‘The Greek Freak’ wants to go back to his Nigerian roots. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Katelyn Ohashi Earns Another Dazzling 10 As UCLA Teammates Dance Along. by Ron Dicker / HuffPost
How Donald Trump Played the (White) Race Card and Reshaped the Democratic Party. By Nina Burleigh / Newsweek
Race Inquiry Digest (March 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Curtis Mayfield’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell. By Jason Heller / The Atlantic
Beyond slavery and the civil rights movement: Teachers should be integrating black history into their lessons. By Melinda D. Anderson / NBC News
Inside Dearfield, a Colorado ghost town that was once a bustling all-black settlement. By Charlotte West / NBC News
Wyatt Tee Walker: Chief strategist for Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for civil rights. By Taylor McNeilly / The Conversation
Neo-Nazi Group’s New Leader is Black Man Who Vows to Dissolve It. By Michael Kunzelman / Talkingpointsmemo
30 Years Ago, a Racist Juror Sentenced This Black Man to Death. By Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones
The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative Action. By Coleman Hughes / NYT
2020 Democrats Wrestle With A Big Question: What Are Reparations? By Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR
After decades of effort, African-American enrollment in medical school still lags. By Jayne O’Donnell and David Robinson / USA Today
I’m not going to be your ‘black best friend’ today. The Cohen hearing shows why. By John Blake / CNN
Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Expansive Vision of Africa. By Hannah Giorgis / The Atlantic
How Do We Counteract Othering in America Today? By Editorial Staff / The Progressive
Race Inquiry Digest (March 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – How Donald Trump Played the (White) Race Card and Reshaped the Democratic Party. By Nina Burleigh / Newsweek
Republican Lawmaker Freaks Out When Democrat Says Using a Black Person as a Prop is a “Racist Act.” By Daniel Politi / Slate
Racism, not a lack of assimilation, is the real problem facing Latinos in America. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Chicago To Get Its First Black Female Mayor As Candidates Head To Runoff. By Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR
