Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest ( May 25 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America (Revised)
Feature – Mitch Landrieu Reminds Us That Eloquence Still Exists. His speech on the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans is one of the…
Not All Indicators Are Bad: Interracial Marriage at All-Time High – Keli Goff /The Daily Beast
Mississippi Accused Of Unequal Schooling For Black Students – Jeff Amy / TPM News
Want to See How School Choice Leads to Segregation? Visit Betsy DeVos’ Hometown – Jennifer Berkshire / Have You Heard via Alternet
How Abraham Lincoln Found His Anti-Slavery Voice – Sidney Blumenthal / Newsweek via Alternet
Robert Reich: Trump’s Budget Is Cruel and Deviant – Robert Reich. org via Alternet
Watch Wayne Shorter Share Miles Davis’ Wisdom With Jon Batiste – Jon Bilstein / Rolling Stone
Closing Rikers Island: A Step Beyond Prison Reform – Rob Bryan / Dissent
A new memoir by Trayvon Martin’s parents lays bare the emotional costs of watching your child’s murder catalyze a social movement – Minkah Makalani / Slate
Clarence Thomas Joins Liberals, Shocks World – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Stunning ‘Scandal’ Monologue Captures The Emotional Burden Black Women Carry – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
Slavery is America’s pre-existing condition – Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
How the Swastika Became a Confederate Flag – Brent Staples / NYT
Mitch Landrieu (The Mayor of New Orleans) Reminds Us That Eloquence Still Exists – Frank Bruni / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest ( May 22 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it. It was used and still can be used…
Racial And Social Injustice Still Attempts To Erase Progress In The Natural Hair Community – Key Michel / Blavity
Stop Playing: Impeachment Is Not a Black Political Strategy – Charles D. Ellison / The Root
If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Felony charges against inauguration protesters represent ‘historic crossroads’ – Mark Hand / ThinkProgress
Michelle Alexander: We Must Respond Forcefully & Challenge Jeff Sessions’s New War on Drugs / Democracy Now
Celebrating, and mourning, two beacons in the quest for racial equality – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Watch the More Realistic More Depressing Alternative Ending of Get Out – Aisha Harris / Slate
Senate Moves Forward With Bipartisan Bill to Rein in Jeff Sessions – Tana Ganeva / Rolling Stone
White Tulsa Officer Is Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Black Driver – Lucia Walinchus and Richard Perez-Pena / NYT
Richard Rothstein speaks With Ta-Nehisi Coates About Forgotten History of Residential Segregation / Slate
Race Inquiry Digest ( May 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Donald Trump’s Catastrophic Presidency Offers More Proof That Racism and Sexism Are Destroying America. This week’s Russian revelations are part of a larger pattern:…
America Needs a New Poor People’s Campaign – Rev. Dr. William J. Barber / CommonDreams
12 Features of White Working-Class Trump Voters Confirm Depressed and Traumatized Multitudes Voted for Him – Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
Philadelphia just set the national example in the fight against mass incarceration – German Lopez / Vox
A Story of Slavery in Modern America – Alex Tizon / The Atlantic
