Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Donald Trump’s empire of disorientation: Where the future is the past, made worse – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (June 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism. Trump disinvited the NFL champs to an event they didn’t want…
Will the State Takeover of Jackson Schools be ‘Better Together’ or the Same Old Education Politics? Jeff Bryant / The Progressive
Are Americans a Broken People? Here’s Why We’ve Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression – Bruce Levine / AlterNet
Driving While Black Has Gotten Even Worse – Tim Murphy / Mother Jones
Banking Black – Kia Gregory / The New Republic
Trump’s Judge Picks Could Boost Racial Bias in the Justice System For Generations – Cecilia Smith / Atl Black Star
Asian Groups See Bias in Plan to Diversify New York’s Elite Schools – Elizabeth A. Harris and Winnie Hu / NYT
Exploding Myths About ‘Black Power, Jewish Politics’ – Leah Donnella / NPR
The Education Of Bobby Kennedy — On Race – Karen Grigsby Bates / NPR Morning Edition
D’Souza’s Reward – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (June 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The US has an HIV epidemic – and its victims are gay black men. The Centers for Disease Control predicts one in every…
For NFL players, social media is key to winning PR battle over anthem protests – Galen Clavio / The Conversation
The youngest mayor in America is set to experiment with a universal basic income – Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
The black unemployment rate just hit a record low, but there’s a catch – P.R. Lockhart / Vox
No longer ‘voiceless,’ Louisiana felons regain the right to vote – Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress
The Persistence of Whitewashing – Jason Silverstein / The New Republic
What’s a ‘Black Identity Extremist’? Groups Demand Trump DHS Release ‘Race Paper’ – Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now
White America’s racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says – Caitllin Dewey / Wash Post
On Race: The Moral High Ground – Charles M. Blow / NYT
In an Age of Gene Editing and Surrogacy, What Does Heredity Mean? Jennifer Raff / NYT Book Review
The US has an HIV epidemic – and its victims are gay black men – Stephen W Thrasher / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest (May 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Moral Beauty of Michael Curry’s Royal Wedding Sermon. His sermon began citing the Song of Solomon: “Love is as strong as death…
Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted – Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Why America needs a new approach to school desegregation – Jerry Rosiek / The Conversation
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump – Kevin Baker / The Atlantic
Gentrification: Reversal of Historic White Flight Is Creating a New Black Flight – Cecilla Smith / Atl Black Star
The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing – Khalil Gibran Muhammad / The Nation
Black, Female and Running for Governor: Can She Win in the South? Jonathan Martin and Richard Fausset / NYT
