Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Why Are Black And Latino Kids More Likely To Die Of Certain Cancers? Erin Blakemore / NPR
George Wallace: A segregationist stand for America – Brian Lyman / USA Today
How broad is support for white nationalism? Last week’s Unite the Right flop isn’t the whole story – Chauncey Devega / Salon
‘Silent Sam’: A racist Jim Crow-era speech inspired UNC students to topple a Confederate monument on campus – Antonia Noori Farzan / NYT
There Is More to Stacey Abrams Than Meets Partisan Eyes – Richard Fausset / NYT
Silicon Valley is leaving women of color behind – Sinduja Rangarajan / Salon
National Prison Strike Begins: Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars – Democracy Now
‘A shameful affair’: The last man lynched in Montgomery County, Md. – Eugene L. Meyer / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (August 23) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – ‘A shameful affair’: The last man lynched in Montgomery County, Md. Around 1 a.m., a lynch mob overpowered the county jailer and whisked…
Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter – Farah Jasmine Griffin / The Nation
Aretha Franklin Was the Defining Voice of the 20th Century – Jack Hamilton / Slate
Till Victory Is Won: The Staying Power Of ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ – Claudette Lindsay-Habermann / NPR
Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers – Michael Cooper / NYT
Trump has repeatedly attacked the NFL. That hasn’t stopped players from protesting – P.L. Lockhart / Vox
The Next Populist Revolution Will Be Latino – Reihan Salam / The Atlantic
As a young reporter, I went undercover to expose the Ku Klux Klan – Dick Lehr / The Conversation
Brian Kemp’s Bid for Governor Depends on Erasing the Black Vote in Georgia – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
If you want to know exactly what racial profiling looks like, just watch this video – SemDem / Daily Kos
Omarosa, Trump and the curse of being a black woman in America – Sophia A. Nelson / NBC News
Race Inquiry Digest (August 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Omarosa, Trump and the curse of being a black woman in America. “The most disrespected woman in America is the black woman. The…
Teaching white supremacy in the age of the alt-right – Nikki Brown / Wash Post
It’s time for Louisiana to strip white supremacy from its constitution – John Legend / Wash Post
Crazy Rich Asians: 5 things to know about the effervescent rom-com – Alex Abad-Santos / Vox
Are Jews White? Atiya Husain / Slate
Why Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred places – Rosalyn R. LaPier / The Conversation
Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing – Michael Wines / NYT
‘Demographic Change’ Doesn’t Cause Racism, Racists Do – Noah Berlatsky / HuffPost
What The Source Taught Me – Lawrence Ware / NYT
What Harvard can learn from Texas: A solution to the controversy over affirmative action – David Orentilcher / The Conversation
Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas – The Editorial Board / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (August 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas. After the Civil War, many states imposed what the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Douglas Blackmon rightly describes as…