Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Medicaid is an effective, efficient program, highly valued by its beneficiaries. And yet, Republicans are relentlessly trying to cut it – Jared Bernstein and Hannah Katch / Wash Post
Yes, the census should be tracking race and ethnicity – Timothy P. Johnson and Roger Tourangeau / Wash Post
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Racism Represents an American Tradition – Paul A. Kramer / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (January 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Shutdown: A familiar partisan ritual takes on new meaning in the Trump era. That conflict now pits the nativist impulses unleashed by Trump’s…
‘So You Want to Talk About Race,’ White People? Start Here – Erin Keane / Salon
The Fight for the Suburbs – Rachel M. Cohen / The Nation
Watch: It’s Time to End Mass Incarceration by Brave New Films / The Nation
How an Artist Learned About Freedom From ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ – Meredith Mendelsohn / NYT
“Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart”: An absorbing portrait of an activist’s soul – Melanie McFarland / Salon
How Puerto Ricans fit into an increasingly anti-immigrant U.S. – Yarimar Bonilla / Wash Post
White supremacists responsible for most extremist killings in 2017, ADL says – Sara Sidner / CNN
Why Do Republicans Hate America? Carol Anderson / HuffPost
‘Make it right’: Descendants of slaves demand restitution from Georgetown – Susan Svriuga / Wash Post
Shutdown: A familiar partisan ritual takes on new meaning in the Trump era – Karen Tumulty and Michael Scherer / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (January 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Yes, your ancestors probably did come here legally – because ‘illegal’ immigration is less than a century old. For the first century of…
How Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination changed America 50 years ago and still affects us today – Peniel E. Joseph / Wash Post
The Favor Trump Has Done for the Politically Correct – Noah Rothman / Commentary Mag
Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence – Paul Harvey / The Conversation
Trump Thinks Only Black People Are on Welfare, but, Really, White Americans Receive Most Benefits – Ryan Sit / Newsweek
If Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, politicians would denounce him – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Walmart, Black America’s Biggest Boss, Is Also Its Cheap Uncle – Jason Johnson / The Root
Why Trump voters need the immigrants they want to turn away – Ronald Browstein / CNN
Is All This Talk of Racism Bad for Democrats? David Leonhardt / NYT
Will America Choose King’s Dream or Trump’s Nightmare? George Yancey / NYT
Yes, your ancestors probably did come here legally — because ‘illegal’ immigration is less than a century old – Kevin Jennings / LA Times
Race Inquiry Digest (January 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – We Must Denounce Trump’s Racist Actions, Not Just His Racist Words. The victories of the civil-rights movement include Medicaid and reforms to our…
Thanks to the North Carolina case, partisan gerrymandering’s day of reckoning may soon be upon us – Christopher Beem / The Conversation
Expressing ‘shock, dismay and outrage,’ all 55 African nations demand an apology from Donald Trump – Jen Hayden / Daily Kos
Behind the scenes of ‘Black Lightning’ reveals the intersection of race, social justice and culture – Gianina Thompson / The Undefeated
8 Things We Learned From David Letterman’s Interview With Barack Obama – Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone
