Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Texas Textbook Called Out As ‘Racist’ Against Mexican-Americans – Laura Isensee / NPR
Standing Firm At Standing Rock — Native Americans Face Dogs And Pepper Spray To Protect Ancestral Lands – Karen E. Quinones Miller / Huff Post
A 94-year-old federal judge defends voting rights in a fiery, impassioned, historic dissent – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Ohio Keeps Making It Harder to Vote – Ari Berman / The Nation
Black voters were five times more likely than whites to cast a ballot during the early voting days eliminated by Ohio Republicans. The Supreme Court declined…
Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail’ – Molly Crabapple, Jim Blatt, Kim Boekbinder and Dream Hampton / NYT Video
Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for? Watch the video here
Don’t expect protests in baseball — it’s a white man’s game by design – Howard Bryant / The Undefeated
Two Connecticut School Systems, for the Rich and Poor – Lincoln Caplan / The New Yorker
Black Lives Matter Moves Into the Thorny World of Politics – P.R. Lockhart / Mother Jones
The False Promise of School Choice: The Result Is Often More Segregated Schools – Jeff Bryant / Campaign for America’s Future via Alternet
The gap between Trump’s America and Clinton’s is getting worse – Danny Vinik / Politico
CHARTS: White Voters Without College Degrees Are Fleeing The Democratic Party – Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR
Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist – Dana Milbank / Wash Post
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for…
White privilege has enormous implications for policy – but whites don’t think it exists – Natalia Khosla and Sean McElwee / Salon
How Republicans Are Inciting Right-Wing Violence After Election – Lincoln Blades / Rolling Stone
In a speech at the Values Voter Summit Saturday, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said a Hillary Clinton presidency may necessitate bloodshed. Read more and watch…
The resegregation of America – Nissa Rhee / Christian Science Monitor
Judge Evokes Mississippi ‘Of Slavery, Lynchings, Pain And White Supremacy’ In Confederate Flag Ruling – Ryan Grenoble / Huff Post
How white racism and a complicit media are keeping Trump close in the polls – and why it won’t be enough – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Can School Integration Make a Comeback? Daniel Lombroso and Alia Wong / The Atlantic Video
It’s Just Dressed Up Slavery’: America’s Shadow Workforce Rises Up Against Prison Labor – Carimah Jones / Think Progress
The passion of her stroke: Serena Williams doesn’t have to explain anything – April Reign / The Undefeated
Nationwide Prison Strike Launches in 24 States and 40 Facilities over Conditions & Forced Labor – Democracy Now Video
Today ( September 9) prisoners in at least 24 states are set to participate in a nationally coordinated strike that comes on the 45th anniversary of…
Sept. 11 Marked Turning Point For Muslims In Increasingly Diverse America – Tom Gjelten / NPR
Black Teachers Matter – Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones
Past Voices – The storming of Attica D-Yard — One day that shows just how little black lives mattered – Lorraine Berry / Raw Story
Federal Lawsuit Takes On Alabama’s Entirely White Top Courts – Alice Ollstein / Think Progress
How to Get Americans to Talk About Race – Alexia Fernandez Campbell / The Atlantic
Star-Spangled Bigotry: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem – Jason Johnson / The Root
Louisiana, race and the consequences of a broken public defender system – The Guardian video
The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones
Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), challenges us to grasp the profound political and cultural consequences of a new reality—that…
The ugliest, most appalling spectacle in American politics – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Members of North Carolina student chapters of the NAACP and opponents of voter ID legislation in the gallery of the House chamber of the North…