Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Confederate nostalgia nearly wins in Virginia’s GOP gubernatorial primary – E.A. Crunden / ThinkProgress
Google, Bryan Stevenson Launch Website Uncovering History of Lynchings in America – Marcus Howard / Atlanta Black Star
Suburbia’s new face – Simon Montlake / Christian Science Monitor
I carried out the death penalty as a governor. I hope others put it to rest – Bill Richardson / Wash Post
Latinos thrive in radio and TV despite Trump – Felix Sanchez / CNN
We Are Not Unusual Anymore’: 50 Years of Mixed-Race Marriage in U.S. – Jennifer Medina / NYT
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention – Emma Green / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (June 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – A Celebration of Black Lawyers, Past and Present. Thurgood Marshall, pictured here at a meeting of the N.A.A.C.P. in the mid-nineteen-fifties, was one…
Melanin Madness! Black Panther Trailer Drops and Folks Lose Their Minds – Angela Helm / The Root
LeBron James reminds us that even the rich and famous face racist hatred – Ijemo Oluo / The Guardian
An Ascendant Multiracial Coalition Is on the Cusp of Defeating White Supremacy and Will Open the Doors to a New Era of Democracy – Sheryll Cashin / Alternet
The wrong side of history: My uncle’s Supreme Court stand against interracial marriage – Dave Singleton / Salon
Bathing suits and civil rights: Integrating the District’s pools was not easy – John Kelly / Wash Post
The NFL’s War Against Colin Kaepernick – Dave Zirin / The Nation
Anti-Muslim Hate Marched in 30 Cities This Weekend – Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast
Black Women in America Really Do Work Harder for Less, New Report Shows – Nora Caplan Bricker / Slate
When the Nazis Come Marching In – Dahlia Lithwick / Slate
A Celebration of Black Lawyers, Past and Present – Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (June 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white men. Women, people of color and politicians standing up to…
The Ugliest American: How Trump’s Bigotry Isolates and Imperils America – John Nichols / The Progressive
Republicans are weaponizing the Census to further disenfranchise non-white, non-straight Americans – Markos Moulitsas / Daily Kos
Do the Warriors have the best offense in NBA history? Marc J Spears / The Undefeated
Black troops as much as twice as likely to be punished by commanders, courts – Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today
DWP’’s Antoinette Robertson: Black Women Can Be Woke And Wear A Weave – Zahara Hill / Huff Post
Diary – A Personal Account of the Black Panthers in Algeria – Elaine Mokhtefi / London Review of Books
States with more black people have less generous welfare benefits, study says – Tracy Jan / NYT
America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic – Linda Villarosa / NYT
Watch How White Nationalists Are Made And Radicalized – Peter Simi / Huff Post
It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class – Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu / Wash Post
Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white men – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest ( June 5 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Myth of the Kindly General Lee. The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a…