Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
White Americans, welcome to the club of being asked, ‘Where are you really from?’ Christine Emba / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (February 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Trump is trying to Make America White Again. President Trump’s immigration proposal reveals what he has been after all along: an end to…
Trump’s solution to America’s crisis: Nationalism – Elizabeth Bruenig / Wash Post
The hidden history of black nationalist women’s political activism – Keisha N. Blain / The Conversation
The Koch Brothers Are Plotting a Right-Wing Takeover of America’s Judicial System – Jacob Sugarman / AlterNet
The Super Bowl won’t shine light on Minneapolis’ – racial and economic problems – Willliam C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Watch – The Racist History of Cartoons by Shon Arieh-Lerer and Scott McGee / Slate
‘Black Panther’ first reactions: It’s ‘astonishing,’ ‘iconic’ and ‘will save blockbusters’ – Andrea Mandell / USA Today
An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves – Kevin Sieff / Wash Post
A Monument the Old South Would Like to Ignore – Magaret Renkl / NYT
Indian Slavery Once Thrived in New Mexico. Latinos Are Finding Family Ties to It – Simon Romero / NYT
Trump is trying to Make America White Again – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (January 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Concerning Monuments – The Shaw Memorial : A salute to the soldiers of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. 1n 1863, after the Emancipation Proclamation…
Wyatt Tee Walker, Civil Rights Oracle died on Tuesday at 88 – Diane McWhorter / NYT
Hugh Masekela, South African Jazz Giant, Dead at 78 – Jon Bilistein / Rolling Stone
Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence – Suman Raghunathan / The Nation
Even white people can see it now: Donald Trump’s a racist – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Floridians should scrap these retrograde, racist voting laws – Editorial Board / Wash Post
Warriors Derangement Syndrome. The NBA is on the verge of a collective nervous breakdown – Jack Hamilton / Slate
What Color Should My Child Be? A black woman asks about the ethics and the optics of choosing a white sperm donor – Carvel Wallace / Slate
Of Course the Christian Right Supports Trump – Michelle Goldberg / NYT
2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010 – Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
NAACP Sues Trump Administration Over Ending Protected Status For Haitians – James Doubek / NPR
Concerning Monuments – The Shaw Memorial : A Salute to the Soldiers of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Race Inquiry Digest (January 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Racism Represents an American Tradition. The nation’s first naturalization law, from 1790, closed off United States citizenship to all but “free…
Trump’s Racism Toward Haiti Is not an Aberration – Nia Imara / The Progressive
Are NFL owners making a mockery of the Rooney Rule? Les Carpenter / The Guardian
Nearly All District Attorneys Are White—And That’s a Huge Obstacle to Fighting Mass Incarceration – Liz Posner / AlterNet
Florida Will Vote on Restoring Voting Rights to 1.5 Million Ex-Felons – Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Black unemployment is at a record low. But there’s a lot more to the story – Lydia DePillis
