Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
By Opposing Obama, the Republicans Created Trump – Steve Rattner / NYT
The three craziest numbers of Warriors’ incredible 73-win season – Josh Planos / Wash Post
The South’s new re-segregation plan: The Koch brothers, ALEC and the sneaky scheme to undo Brown v Board of Education – Diane Ravitch / Salon
Eighty years after Brown, Southern segregation is on the rise — and “school choice” is its vehicle. Read more here
Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them? Michelle Chen / The Nation
Collegiate Voices – Philosophizing With Guns – Simone Gubler- UT Austin / NYT
Concern Over Race Relations Has More Than Doubled In The Past 2 Years – Janie Velencia / Huff Post
Chicago policing taskforce calls black distrust of department ‘justified’ – Stafford, Beckett and Ackerman / The Guardian
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression…
Armstrong Williams: The man of political mystery behind Ben Carson – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Although this article on Armstrong Williams ran earlier in the year, it is worth reposting given Armstrong Williams’ continued involvement in the presidential campaign. Read…
President Obama Reaffirms The Potential Of Boys Of Color In Powerful PSA – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
Young black and brown boys don’t always see reaffirming messages in society that allow them to believe that they can grow up to become successful. Without…
‘Ghetto,’ by Mitchell Duneier – Khalil Gibran Muhammad / NYT Book Review
Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered – Susan Dynarski / NYT
The Unbearable Whiteness of Baseball – Jay Caspian King / NYT Magazine
Race, Art, and Essentialism – George Packer / The New Yorker
Spreading hate has backfired on right-wing media: How Fox News unwittingly destroyed the Republican Party – Cody Cain / Salon
For years, Fox News has profited from its vicious, divisive rhetoric — and now a steep price is being paid. Read here.
The Radical Political Independence of Jackie Robinson – Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast
Thomas Jefferson spent years raping his slave Sally Hemings. A new novel treats their relationship as a love story – Constance Grady / Vox
Conservatives Will Hate HBO’s New Film on the Disgraceful War Waged on Anita Hill – Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones
Between Bill Clinton and Black Lives Matter, a generational divide (+video) – Peter Grier / Chris Sci Monitor
How Bill Clinton and Black Lives Matter protesters view the 1994 crime bill is in part shaped by their different generational experiences. Read and view…
Study finds police fatally shoot unarmed black men at disproportionate rates – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
If There’s a White President, Will There Finally Be a Black Agenda? Lauren Victoria Burke / The Root
Robert Reich: Voter Suppression Threatens All Americans / Salon / Video
The former secretary of labor sounds off on the dangers of voter ID laws like the one just implemented in Wisconsin. View the video here
This war is for America’s soul: Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and how wealthy white elites protect themselves – Heather Cox Richardson / Salon
Jackie Robinson ( A New Film) – An Inside Look – PBS
JACKIE ROBINSON premieres Monday-Tuesday, April 11-12, 2016, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS. Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss their new film, JACKIE…
When Whites Just Don’t Get It – Nicholas Kristof / NYT
The People v. O. J. Simpson Will Be with Us Forever – Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
Why the ‘one person, one vote’ case was so important – Robert Gebelhoff / Wash Post
Chicago’s staggering rise in gun violence and killings – Mark Berman / Wash Post
A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race – Geeta Gandbhir and Michele Stephenson / NYT
In this installment of our “Conversations on Race” series for Op-Docs, Asian-Americans talk about how stereotypes unfairly confine them — particularly the one that brands…
Donald Trump Wants To Remind White People That Gun Violence Is A Black Problem – Dana Liebelson and Nick Wing / Huff Post
