Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Is Empathy the Essence of Soul Music? – Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic
How New Orleans Is Helping Its Students Succeed – David Leonhardt / NYT
The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy Tyson (An interview on On Point)
What data on 20 million traffic stops can tell us about ‘driving while black’ – John Sides / Wash Post
Design for Charleston Attack Memorial Draws on Pain, Strength and Forgiveness – Kevin Sack / NYT
How Washington Wound Up Screwing Over Native Americans – James A. Warren / The Daily Beast
The Real Threat to American Democracy Isn’t Russia. It’s the Right – Osita Nwanevu / Slate
Race Inquiry Digest (July 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Real Threat to American Democracy Isn’t Russia. It’s the Right. A week ago, Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise…
White Supremacy and Vladimir Putin: They’re the same problem – D.J. McGuire / Moreperfectunion
“Democracy Dies in a Variety of Ways” – Isaac Chotiner / Slate
Never Trumpers Will Want to Read This History Lesson – Joshua Zeitz / Politico
Trump’s Claim That Europe is ‘Losing Its Culture’ is Racism – And It Must be Challenged – Chris Allen / The Conversation
The Lesson of Emmett Till Has Been Ignored for Decades – Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Does Brett Kavanaugh Spell the End of Voting Rights? Ari Berman / NYT
‘Sorry to Bother You’ Review: Welcome to the WTF Satire of the Summer – Peter Travers / Rolling Stone
Study: Asians displace blacks as most economically divided group – USA Today / David Carrig
Would anyone really want to be LeBron’s newest teammate? Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
The Quiet Death of Racial Progress – David Brooks / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (July 16) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Quiet Death of Racial Progress. Unfortunately, this is not a comforting column. The deeper I dug into the evidence, the more I came…
Considering race in college admissions – 3 questions answered – Stella M. Flores / The Conversation
Going Native: The Trouble with Treaties, Past and Present – Mark Anthony Rolo / The Progressive
The Plot to Destroy Democracy by Malcolm Nance – We’re “on the cusp” of “losing the American constitutional republic forever.”
White Fight – Donald Trump is leading the Republican charge to preserve a shrinking white majority – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
The racist origins of ‘pro-life’ abortion movement they never talk about – Wagatwe Wanjuki / Daily Kos
Larry Doby: Congress finally agrees on race and equality — when it comes to a baseball legend – Kyle Swenson / Wash Post
‘We haven’t made any progress’: Black homeownership is stuck near 30 years – Jonelle Marte / Wash Post
Donald Trump’s startling global agenda: Taking white supremacy worldwide – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The Making of a Moral Hero: ‘The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela’ – Charlayne Hunter-Gault / NYT
Segregation In America – Equal Justice Initiative Releases New Report on Massive Opposition to Civil Rights in America
Race Inquiry Digest (July 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Today, Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) released Segregation in America, a new report and companion website that documents how millions of white Americans joined…
