Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Breitbart, Reveling in Trump’s Election, Gains a Voice in His White House – Michael M. Grynbaum and John Herrman / NYT
Barber: Don’t let election disappointment deter march toward justice – Deidra Laird / The Charlotte Observer
The Rev. William Barber gave the sermon Sunday at a 5 p.m. service staged by the Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice. Barber, who founded the…
The Black Press and Black Journalist Face New Reality in the Era of Trump – Jason Johnson / The Root
The Alt-Right Hails Its Victorious God-Emperor – Andrew Marantz / The New Yorker
Racist Incidents And Attacks Surge at US Universities – Associated Press / Talkingpointsmemo
No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear – Toni Morrison / The Nation
Two Americas in One Photograph – Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
After Barack Obama and Donald Trump met on Thursday in the Oval Office—this was the first time they’d ever formally met, which makes sense, I…
What Whiteness Means in the Trump Era – Nell Irvin Painter / NYT
Donald J. Trump campaigned on the slogan “Make America Great Again,” a phrase whose “great” was widely heard as “white.” Certainly the election has been…
How Donald Trump Became President-Elect – John Cassidy / The New Yorker
A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the Triggering of America’s Racial-Aversion Crisis by Cornell Belcher
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” W. E. B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk . America’s racial…
Malcolm X on Donald Trump – You Tube
Insert Trump for Goldwater. Malcolm X’s commentary on Goldwater running for president in 1964 is eerily relevant to our elections today. Watch here
Once Again, Black Women Did The Work White Women Refused To – Shamira Ibrahim / VSB
A Time for Rage ( Fuck Trump) – Timothy Shenk / Dissent
President-elect Donald Trump is a historical shock — unless you study American history – Chauncey Devega/ Salon
Watch, Trump Vote Highlights White Backlash to Recent Racial Progress – Nicole Hannah Jones / Democracy Now
If one studies history, this is not a surprising outcome,” award-winning racial justice reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones says about Donald Trump’s election win. She points to…
America Elects a Bigot – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States. Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. Against all odds and against all forms…
Homeless in America – Thomas L. Freidman / NYT
I began election night writing a column that started with words from an immigrant, my friend Lesley Goldwasser, who came to America from Zimbabwe in…
Harry Belafonte: What Do We Have to Lose? Everything / NYT
O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be!” — Langston Hughes,…
Ray Allen Retires From Basketball – Jason Diamond / Rolling Stone
How Donald Trump Brought (Some of) Us Together – Keli Goff / The Daily Beast
Here’s The History Behind ‘Loving,’ A New Film About A Major Civil Rights Victory – Marina Fang / Huff Post
Beyond Lying: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Reality – Jason Stanley / NYT
Republicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense – Paul Waldman / Wash Post
Race/Related: The non-white vote, explained / NYT
“Michael Moore in TrumpLand” – Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
With just days until the election, we spend the hour with the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore and talk about his surprise new movie, “Michael…
Legacy of bloody election day lingers in Florida town – Andrew Maraniss / The Undefeated
America will become more racist regardless who wins the election – Marcus Ruiz Evans / Race Inquiry
America will become more racist – after the election. Regardless of who wins. And it has absolutely nothing to do with Donald Trump. It feels…
Behind 2016’s Turmoil, a Crisis of White Identity – Amanda Taub / NYT Magazine
Call it the crisis of whiteness. White anxiety has fueled this year’s political tumult in the West: Britain’s surprising vote to exit the European Union,…
The Roots of Trump and the Tea Party: The Hidden Injuries of Class, Race and Culture – Robert Kuttner / Alternet
Over six million Americans can’t vote due to felony convictions, including one in 13 black people – Stephen Wolf / Daily Kos
