Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black men in D.C. are expected to die 17 years earlier than White men. Here’s why. By Lola Fadulu / Wash Post
Jon Meacham on John Lewis, the Legend and the Man. By Eric Foner / NYT
Oregon Governor: ‘No Question’ Trump Is Ending Census Count Early To Erase Minority Voices. By Jennifer Bendery / Huff Post
Two Black-Led Banks Merge to Form a $1 Billion Lender. By Stacy Cowley / NYT
T’Challa forever: We lost Chadwick Boseman but not the symbolism of what he represents. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Spike Lee Updates Michael Jackson’s ‘They Don’t Care About Us’ Video. By Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
The NBA Wildcat Strike Is How a Revolution Starts. By Lester Spence / Mother Jones
Race Inquiry Digest (Sep 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Inevitable Whitelash Against Racial Justice Has Started. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
St. Louis Couple Is Trump’s Pitch to the Scared Suburbs. By Emma Green / The Atlantic
The Shooting of Jacob Blake Is a Wake-Up Call. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
LeBron James says Black community ‘terrified’ of police conduct. By Dave McMenamin / ESPN
GOP sees unrest in cities providing an opening with white voters. By David Lauter / LA Times
A Look At The Racial Disparities In How Some Georgia Counties Are Rejecting Mail Ballots. By Tierney Sneed / TPM
Nikki Haley tried to argue the U.S. isn’t racist — but she just proved the opposite point. By Cody Fenwick / Salon
Why they hate her: Kamala Harris, Black bodies and the white right. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America. By Marcia Chartelain / The Nation
What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women. By Martha S. Jones / Politico
‘Emmett Till Is Anne Frank To Black America.’ By Brianne Garrett / Forbes
There’s a movement to get more schools to teach Black history and it’s being led by teens. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
At Arlington House, a push to remove Robert E. Lee’s name from the home he once occupied. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
‘Make Farmers Black Again’: Fighting Discrimination To Own Farmland. By Julian Forstadt / NPR
Black Workers Are More Likely to Be Unemployed but Less Likely to Get Unemployment Benefits. By Ava Kofman and Hannah Fresques / Propublica
The NBA Is White Conservatives’ Favorite New Target for Racial Dog-whistling. By John Wilmes / New Republic
Isabel Wilkerson, the author of “Caste,” speaks. An interview by Ezra Klein / Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 31) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The NBA Wildcat Strike Is How a Revolution Starts. By Lester Spence / Mother Jones
Anatomy of a Photograph: Authoritarianism in America. By Errol Morris / The Atlantic
