Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Why Cornel West is hopeful during the pandemic and anti-racism protests. By Sigal Samuel / Vox
We Should Have a Handle on This by Now.’ As Inner-City Neighborhoods See a Surge in Gun Violence. By Josiah Bates / Time
Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis. By Julian Agyeman / The Conversation
Protesters Seeking Justice for Breonna Taylor Have to Convince a Mitch McConnell Protege. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Jaime Harrison is chasing Lindsey Graham like a cheetah running down an impala. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Trevor Noah Takes Down Tom Cotton’s ‘Possibly Stupidest’ Slavery Argument. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
House votes to approve the creation of a National Latino Museum. By Patricia Guadalupe / NBC News
When it comes to congressional oversight of our military, the U.S. has a serious diversity problem. By Brian Greer / Wash Post
One Korean American’s Reckoning. By Alyssa Jeong Perry / NPR
For HBCUs, the coronavirus pandemic hits especially close to home. By Nolan D. McCaskill and Maya King / Politico
‘Watchmen’ leads all Emmy nominees with 26. By Lynn Elber / PBS
Watch Beyonce ‘Black Is King’ Online: Disney+ Stream Free, Runtime. By Tim Chan / Rollling Stone
Bubba Wallace is By Himself, Again. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
NFL to stencil ‘End Racism’ on end zone borders as part of social justice rollout for kickoff week. By Jason Reid / ESPN
With the NBA focused on social justice, White coaches say they’re stepping off the sidelines. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
John Donaldson, a Black Baseball Great, Still Not in the Hall of Fame. By Mary Pilon and Travon Free. NYT
Biden unveils economic plan to combat racial inequality, slams Trump for stoking tensions. By Adam Edelman and Marianna Sotomayor / NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Removing monuments is the easy part. We must make America a real democracy. By Rev William Barber and Rev Bernice King / The…
Portland protesters worry violence is taking away from Black Lives Matter message. By Trevor Hughes / USA Today
“Trump Could Not Be More on the Wrong Side”: New Poll Shows Trump’s Black Lives Matter Protest Response Could Cost Him 2020. By Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair
Did protests change Americans’ views of race and policing? Yes, but it’s complicated. By David Byler / Wash Post
27 U.S. mayors: Want to address systemic racism? Start with housing. By 27 U.S. Mayors / Wash Post
John Lewis and the Danger of Gradualism. Patience Is a Dirty Word. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
Tom Cotton, GOP senator, introduces bill to prohibit use of federal funds to teach 1619 Project. By Clare Foran / CNN
Congress moves forward in face of Trump veto threat to remove Confederate names from bases. By Jeremy Herb / CNN
