Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The author of ‘White Fragility’ doesn’t think ‘most white people care about racial injustice.’ Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
‘I Believe That Better Is Possible’: A Conversation With Stacey Abrams. By Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine
The American Nightmare. To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. By Ibram X. Kendi / The Atlantic
White instigators to blame for mayhem in some protests, local officials say. By Stanley-Baker / Wash Post
US racial inequality in 6 stark charts. By Tami Luhby / CNN
The George Floyd Election. How the protests come to be viewed may determine who the next president is. The way that will play out could surprise us. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Trump and Sessions Released Cops From Federal Oversight. Now We See the Results. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
Obama urges young black people to ‘feel hopeful even as you may feel angry’ after George Floyd’s death. By MJ Lee and Dan Merica / CNN
Ella Jones Is Elected First Black Mayor of Ferguson. By Jennifer Medina / NYT
The NFL’s Amnesia Is Just Like America’s. When the league had the opportunity to be on the right side of history, it chose the coward’s path. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
Spike Lee’s “3 Brothers” short film brings together George Floyd and Radio Raheem — watch. By Zack Sharf / Salon
Anti-Trump Republican group attacks Trump on race in new ad. By Jim Acosta and Fredreka Schouten / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Police brutality: A historian explains how racist policing took over US cities. By Anna North / Vox
Minneapolis, the Coronavirus, and Trump’s Failure to See a Crisis Coming. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Like Trump, JFK faced riots. Here’s what he did to stop the violence in Birmingham in 1963. By Steven Levingston / Wash Post
James Clyburn on the Floyd Killing and The Role of Race In The Coming Election. By Chris Smith / Vanity Fair
What Top Conservatives Are Saying About George Floyd and Police Brutality. By Michael M. Grynbaum and Jeremy W. Peters / NYT
Why white silence is deafening — and deadly. By Sirry Lang / Salon
A Decade Of Watching Black People Die. Code Switch / NPR
Legal immunity for police misconduct, under attack from left and right, may get Supreme Court review. By Richard Wolf / USA Today
Congress Plans Hearings on Racial Violence and Use of Force by the Police. By Nicholas Fandos / NYT
Anti-lockdown protesters show how the idea of “freedom” has degenerated. By Michael J. Thompson, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker / Salon
Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham locked in dead heat with Democratic challenger in red South Carolina. By Roger Sollenberger / Salon
My Vanishing Country: A Memoir. By Bakari Sellers
Colin Kaepernick Tried To Tell White America. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Michael Jordan ‘Angry’ over George Floyd’s Death: ‘We Have Had Enough.’ By Rob Goldberg / Bleacherreport
