Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained. By P.R. Lockhart / Vox
Kamala Harris Is Surging and Birtherism Is Back. By Will Sommer / Daily Beast
There’s still a ban on federal funds for school busing. By Zachary B. Wolf / CNN
Frederick Douglass would be outraged at Trump’s Fourth of July self-celebration. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Democrats’ Cautious Return to the War on Poverty. By Osita Nwanevu / The New Yorker
Want to Be Less Racist? Move to Hawaii. By Moises Velasquez-Manoff / NYT
California to become first state to ban discrimination against natural hair. By Doha Madani and Janelle Griffith / NBC News
Boycott by Whites of South African Restaurant Reflects Growing Sense of Grievance. By Kimon de Greef and Norimitsu Onishi / NYT
Supreme Court Hands GOP Big Victory on Gerrymandering, Ensuring “Massive Election Rigging.” By Ari Berman / Democracy Now
Poverty Doesn’t Make You Racist. By Nathan Newman / Dissent
Not all Americans have a fair path to a good death – racial disparities are real. By Jason Ashe and Danielle L. Beatty Moody / The Conversation
Frances Tiafoe: The story behind tennis’ unlikely hero. By Jerry Bembry / The Undefeated
Trump remains dominant among white voters — Democrats can’t afford to be complacent. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (July 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – “What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech. By Democracy Now
Joe Biden’s “Jim Crow moment” was dreadful — but he may be Democrats’ best shot. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
‘Segregationist’ barely begins to describe the racist Dixiecrats that Joe Biden worked with in the Senate. By Will Haygood / Wash Post
What South Africa can teach the U.S. about reparations. By Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman / Wash Post
The black woman who launched the modern fight for reparations. By Ashley D. Farmer / Wash Post
The Reparations Debate. By Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor and Adolph Reed Jr. / Dissent
In the census-citizenship case, the Supreme Court may once again affirm ‘white rule.’ By John Blake / CNN
Elizabeth Warren: Repeal The Law That Criminalizes Migrants. By Roque Planas / HuffPost
FYI Democrats: ‘The Divine Nine’—black sororities and fraternities 101. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Survivor of WWII Internment Camp Speaks Out: Japanese Americans Know the Trauma of Child Detention. By Democracy Now
There Are Really Two Distinct White Working Classes. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
How black pharmacists are closing the cultural gap in health care. By Cara Anthony / NBC News
We may never resolve our conflicted feelings about Michael Jackson. By Maria Puente / USA Today
