Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Trump’s History of Racism and the Reckoning It Has Forced. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
How Viral Videos of Racist Incidents Are Changing Society. Erica Solano and Alexander Robson / Time
How Has the Electoral College Survived for This Long? Resistance to eliminating it has long been connected to the idea of white supremacy. By Alexander Keyssar / NYT
Black Lives Matter in Small Towns, Too. By Amanda Solliday / The Progressive
Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities. By Eric Kyere / The Conversation
The American dream while Black: Locked in a vicious cycle. Homeownership is supposed to be the gateway to the American dream. By Nigel Chiwaya and Janell Ross / NBC News
Black-owned companies are shutting down twice as fast as other businesses. By Chauncey Alcorn / CNN
Touting Her Experience, Susan Rice Makes Her Case For Biden’s VP Slot. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
If corporations want to stop racism, here’s where they can start. By John W. Rogers Jr. and Charles A. Tribbett / Wash Post
Distrust of the Minneapolis Police, and Also the Effort to Defund Them. By John Eligon / NYT
‘Life of a Klansman’ Tells Ugly Truths About America, Past and Present. By Walter Isaacson / NYT
Returning From War, Returning to Racism. By Alexis Clark / NYT
Stokely Carmichael didn’t deserve Bill Clinton’s swipe during John Lewis’s funeral. By Hasan Kwame Jeffries / Wash Post
Grace Lynne Haynes’s “Sojourner Truth, Founding Mother.” By Francoise Mouly / The New Yorker
White NBA players discuss responsibility to Black teammates: ‘It’s a continuous fight.’ By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party. By Jennifer Rubin / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – A new statue of Lincoln will adequately honor him alongside Black Americans. By Frank Smith / Wash Post
Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation. By John Lewis / NYT
A Half-Century After Wallace, Trump Echoes the Politics of Division. By Peter Baker / NYT
The Right’s Increasingly Unhinged Fight Against Black Lives Matter. By Jake Bittle / New Republic
Why the Black Lives Matter movement should claim the 14th Amendment. By Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
San Francisco Proposes To Shift $120 Million From Police To Tackle Racial Disparities. By Maureen Pao / NPR
Is former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu a leader for this moment of racial reckoning? By Janell Ross / NBC News
The lies our textbooks told my generation of Virginians about slavery. By Bennett Minton / Wash Post
Asian Americans face dual challenges: Surging unemployment and racism. By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil and Kimmy Yam / NBC News
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Intensified Systemic Economic Racism Against Black Americans. By Steven Greenhouse / The New Yorker
