Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Racist Origin of the Second Amendment and the Rise of Black Gun Ownership – Zenobia Jeffries / YES! Magazine
The FBI Is Too White—And It Considers That a “Huge Operational Risk” – Topher Sanders / Mother Jones
It’s official: We are experiencing a Black Renaissance – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did – Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel / The Nation
Detroit’s black middle class emerged from 1968’s upheaval – John Gallagher / USA Today
Anti-Semitism Is Rising. Why Aren’t American Jews Speaking Up? Jonathan Weisman / NYT
Package Bombings Reveal The Racist Underbelly Of Austin – Daina Ramey Berry and Christen Smith / HuffPost
How social media spread a historical lie – Jennifer Mendelsohn and Peter A. Shulman / Wash Post
What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump – Chris Hayes / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (March 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race. Marcia (left) and Millie Biggs, both 11, say people are shocked…
A New Report Has Some Grim News About American Newborns – Kiera Butler / Mother Jones
Millions of Students Are Quietly Being Taught the Koch Brothers’ Whitewashed Version of Black History – Michael Harriot / The Root
National Geographic admits to its racist past – Rachel Leah / Salon
Police are still killing black people. Why isn’t it news anymore? Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies – Erica L. Green / NYT
After Bruno Mars is accused of cultural appropriation, black celebrities come to his defense – Deena Zaru / CNN
You Can’t Put Frederick Douglass in Chains – Nicholas Buccola / NYT
Racial Justice Drives Fight for, and Against, Legal Pot in New Jersey – Karen Rouse / NYT
More Cops In Schools Means More Black Kids In The Criminal Justice System – Rebecca Klein / HuffPost
These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race – Patricia Edmonds / National Geographic
Race Inquiry Digest (March 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Vote. That’s Just What They Don’t Want You to Do. This is a fragile moment for the nation. The integrity of democratic institutions…
Why Are Asian American Women Still Inaccurately Portrayed on TV? Francis Kai-Hwa Wang / Women’s Media
‘School Choice’ Is A Lie That Harms Us All – Natalie Hopkinson / HuffPost
Good bet for the office NCAA pool: Black men will play and white men will profit – Shaun R. Harper / Wash Post
Using Art to Help the Police Understand Racism – John Hanc / NYT
Have You Seen ‘A Wrinkle in Time’? Let’s Talk – Reggie Ugwu / NYT
Suit accusing Harvard of capping Asian-American admissions could be tried this summer – Joan Biskupic / CNN
African American museum in SC will stand where 100,000 slaves took first steps on American soil – Manie Robinson / Greenville News
A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches – Campbell Robertson / NYT
The Race-Based Mortgage Penalty – The Editorial Board / NYT
