Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Trump Can’t Reverse the Decline of White Christian America – Robert P. Jones / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (July 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America (Revised)
Feature – American Dignity on the Fourth of July. Reading Frederick Douglass’s Independence Day address from 1852 may ease the despair caused by listening to President…
Race Inquiry Digest (July 3) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – American Dignity on the Fourth of July. Reading Frederick Douglass’s Independence Day address from 1852 may ease the despair caused by listening to President…
NRA Issues Call for White Supremacy and Armed Insurrection – Bill Moyers and Michael Winship / Bill Moyers and Co.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: what was done back then—and where we are now – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Brazil’s Ongoing Race Problem: Recent Study Uncovers Shocking Treatment of Darker-Skinned Children in Interracial Families – D. Amari Jackson / Atl Black Star
The Trump Administration Is Planning an Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
In a divided America, James Baldwin’s fiery critiques reverberate anew – Lavanya Ramanathan / Wash Post
Catholic university renews whites-only program for ‘analyzing whiteness’ – Toni Airaksinen / The College Fix
Rev. William Barber builds a moral movement – Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Wash Post
Trump’s Obama Obsession – Charles Blow / NYT
Watch – 6 years old and Desegregating a School – Bayete Ross Smith, Logan Jaffee and Samantha Quick / NYT
American Dignity on the Fourth of July – David Remnick / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (June 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights. In dismantling Obamacare and slashing Medicaid, Republicans would strike a blow against…
GOP Health Care Plan Crushes Working-Class Blacks and Whites, but Not the Middle-Class Whites Who Elected Trump – Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
The words ‘I thought my life was in danger’ allow police to kill black people without fear of reprisal – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Has the Southern Poverty law Center Lost Its Way? Ben Schreckinger / Politico
James Baldwin FBI Files: How the Author’s Fearlessness Led to a Decade Long Witch-hunt – Todd Burroughs / Atl Black Star
African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century – Leah Douglas / The Nation
Black Girls Are Viewed As Less Innocent Than White Girls Starting At Age 5: Study – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
Rising Star : The Making of Barack Obama
Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama’s formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from…
Philando Castile’s Family Reaches $3 Million Settlement – Eric Miller / Reuters via The Daily Beast
School Districts Fight Segregation on Their Own – The Editorial Board / NYT
The Fight for Health Care Has Always Been About Civil Rights – Vann R. Newkirk / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (June 26) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie. Americans refuse to see their country as a place where racist politicians and judges maintain laws…
Rev. William Barber: Obamacare repeal would be the greatest moral failing since slavery – Jeff Stein / Vox
Jeff Sessions’ Ideas About Crime Are Totally Wrong—and the Consequences Can Be Tragic – Sophia Tesfaye / Salon via Alternet
Supreme Court Case Could Have Huge Impact on Who Wins Future Elections – David S. Cohen / Rolling Stone
Study: when it comes to detecting racial inequality, white Christians have a blind spot – Tara Isabella Burton / Vox
Past Voices – The Making of an Antislavery President – Eric Herschthal / New Republic
