Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Apr 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – In 1918 and 2020, race colors America’s response to epidemics. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Congress Reaches $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Deal. Here’s Everything You Really Need to Know About It. By Stephen A. Crockett Jr. / The Root
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety. By Sabrina Tavernise and Richard A. Oppel Jr. / NYT
The coronavirus is exacerbating vulnerabilities Native communities already face. By Maria Givens / Vox
Who is most at risk in the coronavirus crisis: 24 million of the lowest-income workers. By Beatrice Jin and Andrew McGill / Politico
As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions for people of color. By Associated Press / NBC News
The absurdity of athletes taking on the burden of billionaires. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
COVID-19 closures could hit historically black colleges particularly hard. By Ivory A Toldson , Gregory N. Price and Marybeth Gasman / The Conversation
In God We Divide. The political dimensions of worship have never been greater. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
An insight into Kamala Harris, a potential running mate for Joe Biden. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
‘For Life’: How 50 Cent Helped One Man’s Tale of Injustice See Daylight. By Austin Considine / NYT
Madam C.J. Walker tackled the politics of black hair. More than a century later, the battle still rages on. By Helena Andrews-Dyer / Wash Post
‘Unworthy Republic’ Takes an Unflinching Look at Indian Removal in the 1830s. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
The “Single Most Important DA Race In The Country” Is Headed To A Runoff. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
How the Pandemic Will End. By Ed Yong / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 30) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Rev. Joseph E. Lowery a Great American Preacher Died on Friday. His sermon,”Who’s Going to Bell the Cat,” is prophetic.
Dr. Jonathan Metzl: How coronavirus reveals America’s extreme social inequality. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
A revolution by pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic raises questions as to whether capitalism has failed. By Bob Hennelly / Salon
If We Want To Beat Coronavirus, We Need Housing For Everyone. By Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones
Coronavirus outbreak revives dangerous race myths and pseudoscience. By Janell Ross / NBC News
Trump doubles down that he’s not fueling racism, but experts say he is. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
How Racist Is Trump’s Republican Party? And how do you determine that in the first place? By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
White Supremacists Discussed Using Coronavirus As A Bioweapon. By Hunter Walker and Jane Winter / HuffPost
Elizabeth Warren, Ayanna Pressley Urge Trump To Reduce Prison Population Amid Coronavirus. By Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost
Black and Hispanic workers are less likely to be able to work from home, a new report says. By Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN
Progressive group’s analysis finds Stacey Abrams is Biden’s best choice. Here’s why. By Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News
