Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
If taxes aren’t working, will desperate Republicans keep turning to race-based attacks? Tara Golshan / Vox
‘Implicit Bias’ Is Very Real and It Infects Every One of Us – Sally Kohn / Mother Jones
America’s Federally Financed Ghettos – The Editorial Board / NYT
Betsy DeVos shouldn’t roll back guidance on racial discipline disparities – Editorial Board / Wash Post
The Untapped Potential of the Asian Voter – Saahil Desai / Wash Monthly
A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law by Sherrilyn Ifill, Lorretta Lynch, Bryan Stevenson and Anthony C. Thompson
A no-holds-barred, red-hot discussion of race in America today from some of the leading names in the field, including the bestselling author of Just Mercy,…
King’s Death Gave Birth to Hip-Hop – Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (April 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – ‘The Blood of Lynching Victims Is in This Soil.’ By preserving soil from sites where blacks died from lynchings, a museum aims to help…
Barack Obama Sits Down With John Lewis to Discuss MLK’s Legacy and the Power of Activism – Inae Oh / Mother Jones
Winnie Mandela was always influential, often controversial, but vital to freedom’s cause – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
‘Martin Luther King Jr.’s Unfinished Work on Earth Must Truly Be Our Own’ – Benjamin E. Mays / The Atlantic
Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII – Lori Aratani / Wash Post
Stephon Clark: Rhythms of Tragedy – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Chicago sees drop in killings and shootings for 13 consecutive months – Brad Parks and Darran Simon / CNN
Searching For A Motherland As A Black Latina – Maria V. Luna / HuffPost
Integration Now, Integration Forever – David Brooks / NYT
Listening to Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s Final Tour – Richard Brody / The New Yorker
‘The Blood of Lynching Victims Is in This Soil.’- Katie Couric / Natl Geographic
Race Inquiry Digest (April 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – We Forgot What Dr. King Believed In. Dr. King passionately believed that a commitment to God is a commitment to bettering humanity, that…
How Memphis Gave Up on Dr. King’s Dream – Wendi C. Thomas / NYT
This is what one tragedy-filled month says about race and justice in America – Ray Sanchez / CNN
The Frederick Douglass Rival Who Shocked With His Call to ‘Resist’ – Gil Troy / Daily Beast
The FBI is using its ‘Black Identity Extremist’ report to crack down on activists – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Watching the Story of LeBron James, Jr., Unfold – Jonathan Blitzer / The New Yorker
There’s No Scientific Basis for Race—It’s a Made-Up Label – Elizabeth Kolbert / Natl Geographic
How Not To Talk About Race And Genetics – 67 Scientist and Researchers / BuzzFeed
A Snapshot Of How Asian-Americans Are Changing The South – Angela Chen / HuffPost
The Jamie Weinstein Show : An interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates / National Review
We Forgot What King Believed In – Michael Eric Dyson / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (March 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Why are white men stockpiling guns? According to a growing number of scientific studies, the kind of man who stockpiles weapons or applies…
