Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action – Hua Hsu / The New Yorker
I Pretended To Be White To Find Out Why White People Support Confederate Monuments – Alecia Smith / HuffPost
In a Mississippi Restaurant, Two Americas Coexist Side by Side – Susan Chira and Ellen Ann Fentress / NYT
Georgia Governor’s Race Is Epic Showdown Over Voting Rights – Cameron Joseph / Talkingpointsmemo
Why Are Black Women Less Likely To Stick With A Breast Cancer Follow-Up Treatment? Mara Gordon / NPR
Where we live, block by block – Matthew W. Chwastyk, Kennedy Elliott and Ryan Morris / National Geographic
In Brazil and the US, democracy is at a crossroads – Jeffrey W. Rubin / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (October 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Group hopes confronting Maryland’s history of lynchings will help with path forward. It was midway through a brutal accounting of lynching in Maryland…
Race Inquiry Digest (October 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – In Brazil and the US, democracy is at a crossroads. Voters in Brazil and the US face elections in the coming weeks whose…
White Women, Come Get Your People – Alexis Grenell / NYT
7 things the United Daughters of the Confederacy might not want you to know about them – Kali Holloway / Salon
Russia Is Exploiting American White Supremacy Over and Over Again – Spencer Ackerman / Daily Beast
Trevor Noah’s Powerful Message on Trump and Male Victimhood During #MeToo – Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast
NC’s Rev. William Barber wins a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ and its $625K prize – David Menconi and Camila Molina / Newsobserver
15 Black Lives Ended in Confrontations With Police. 3 Officers Convicted – Jasmine C. Lee and Haeyoun Park / NYT
The Hate U Give Is a Black Lives Matter Movie Designed for Anyone Willing to Listen – Sam Adams / Slate
‘Coming of Age in Mississippi’ still speaks to nation’s racial discord, 50 years later – Leigh Ann Wheeler / The Conversation
After years of white, male dominance, the Grammys invite 900 new, diverse voters – Jessica M. Goldstein / ThinkProgress
Driven by South’s Past, Black Women Seek Votes and a New Future – Susan Chira / NYT
About Ronald J. Sheehy, Ph.D. – Biographical Sketch
Born in Jacksonville Florida (1945), Dr. Ronald J. Sheehy moved at an early age to Tampa Florida, and completed his early education in the public…
The Angry White Male Caucus – Paul Krugman / NYT
The Caucasian Kanye: Tucker Carlson Has Gone Full White Nationalist – Michael Harriot / The Root
White evangelicals are the only religious group to support Trump – Tara Isabella Burton / Vox
How Real Estate Segregated America – Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / Dissent
Georgia to be sued for purging minority voters ahead of the midterm elections – Kira Lerner / NPR
Watch : Why Does Mississippi’s Flag Still Have A Confederate Symbol? – HuffPost Video
In Mississippi Senate race, an African American Democrat faces a Republican using a Confederate symbol – Cleve R. Woodson Jr. / Wash Post
Southern Diet Blamed For High Rates Of Hypertension Among Black Americans – Maanvi Singh / NPR
‘The end of our journey’: A historic black church closes its doors in a changing D.C. – Deneen L. Brown / Wash Post
‘Student Athlete,’ the latest doc from LeBron James, examines the exploitation of college athletes – Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Race Inquiry Digest (October 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Driven by South’s Past, Black Women Seek Votes and a New Future. Mobilized by the nation’s divisions on race and Donald Trump’s presidency,…