Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
What fuels “white anxiety”? The baffling hypocrisies behind white paranoia politics – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Ben Jealous Is Ready to Make Maryland America’s Laboratory of Democracy – John Nichols / The Nation
Is Neymar Black? Brazil and the Painful Relativity of Race – Cleuci de Oliveira / NYT
To Protect and Serve: How one American city chose to tackle crime, combat racism, and reckon with the legacy of police brutality – Ben Austen / The New Republic
Charleston’s apology for slavery is just empty symbolism – Stacey Patton / Wash Post
White Supremacists’ Use of Campus Propaganda Is Soaring, Report Finds – Julia Jacobs / NYT
New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017 – Brian Levin, James J. Nolan and John David Reitzel / The Conversation
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name stripped from children’s book award over ‘Little House’ depictions of Native Americans – Meagan Flynn / Wash Post
How to Hold On to Hope – Jonathan Foiles / Slate
Race Inquiry Digest (July 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – How to Hold On to Hope. This horrible week was particularly stressful for minorities. A therapist who works with patients experiencing profound injustice…
Slaves knew ‘the fearful anguish of broken hearts’. In Trump’s America, migrants do too – Daina Ramey Berry / The Guardian
How Latinos Are Shaping America’s Future – Hector Tobar / National Geographic
Mainstream media’s moral cowardice: Time for the Times (and everyone else) to stand against evil – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Why the N.F.L. and the N.B.A. Are So Far Apart on Social Justice Stances – John Branch / NYT
Return of the Blood Libel – Paul Krugman / NYT
DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama – Annie Waldman / ProPublica
An Electoral Vision for Black Lives – Deva Woodly / Dissent
Small banks discriminate against people of color. A new law makes it worse – Jacob W. Faber and Terri Friedlline / Wash Post
G.O.P. Wants Hungry Kids to Fund Tax Cuts – The Editorial Board / NYT
The GOP’s Racist Rot Began Long Before Trump – Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast
Race Inquiry Digest (June 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The GOP’s Racist Rot Began Long Before Trump. The Republican Party is in tatters. After spending decades investing in hyper-partisan, mean-spirited political shenanigans…
Race Inquiry Digest (June 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Michael Eric Dyson: Donald Trump is “what black people have warned America about.” Sociologist and best-selling author says Trump is no “aberration from…
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail – Matthew Larson / The Conversation
Sessions Is Right That Separating Families Isn’t Like the Nazis. It’s Like Slave Owners – Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast
Declaration of War: The violent rise of white supremacy after Vietnam – Patrick Blanchfield / The Nation
Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Charleston Apologizes for City’s Role in Slave Trade – Mellissa Gomez / NYT
Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States – Sabrina Tavernize / NYT
Fall of the American Empire – Paul Krugman / NYT
The Racist Trope That Won’t Die – Brent Staples / NYT
