Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Charlotte Was Different- An Unarmed black man killed by a white police officer – with an unfamiliar ending – Leon Neyfakh / Slate
LBJ signs bill abolishing immigration national origin quotas: Oct 3, 1965 – Andrew Glass / Politico
Ben Carson’s destructive lies: 4 racist assumptions endorsed and magnified by Black conservatives – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black and white Americans use drugs at similar rates. One group is punished more for it – German Lopez / Vox
Mass Shootings Are Not The Real Problem – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Justice Reform Bills Reflect Move Away From Mass Incarceration – Lauren Victoria Burke / The Root
The Cross And The Lynching Tree – James H. Cone
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work, theologian…
Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding – Gillian B. White / The Atlantic
Slavery Myths Debunked – Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion / Slate
Has recognition that ‘black’ and brilliant coexist finally arrived – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Control – Saul Cornell and Eric M. Rubens / The Atlantic
Justice after Injustice : What happens after a wrongly convicted person is exonerated – Lara Bazelon / Slate
Picking Cotton – Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo
Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. She was able to escape, and eventually positively…
Senator Warren’s Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States – A Powerful Affirmation That ‘Black Lives Matter’
Senator Elizabeth Warren Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate September 27, 2015 ***As Prepared for Delivery*** and See Video…
Race Inquiry – Devoted to Inquires About Race in America and the World
Do you have time to read daily over 30 news sources, including the Washington Post and the New York Times ? For the most current…
Prison Kids: join the fight Against the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth – The Root Staff / The Root
Our forgotten slavery horror: The shameful, untold history of America and the Cuban slave trade – Stephen Chambers / Salon
President Jimmy Carter: I Was The Only White Child In The Neighborhood – OWN / Huff Post
An Ohio town where races have mixed freely for more than 200 years – Kevin Williams / Wash Post
After Charleston: Recovery and Resistance since the Emanuel Nine – David Remnick / The New Yorker
Barack Obama just gave the most important racial justice speech of his presidency – Brittney Cooper / Salon
Government policies based on racist myths help dissolve black families – Syreeta McFadden / The Guardian
Race Is Always The Issue – Tressie McMillan Cotton / The Atlantic
Study Explains Why Ben Carson Won’t Help The Republican Party Win Black Voters – Kira lerner / thinkprogress
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America – Wil Haygood
Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to…
What Happened to German America ? – Erik Kirschbaum / NYT
How The Constitution Was Indeed Pro-Slavery – David Waldstreicher / The Atlantic
Prison versus Harvard in an Unlikely Debate – Leslie Brody / Wall St Journal
How to be white and happy in South Africa – Jonathan Jansen (Vice Chancellor of University of the Free State / Rand Daily Mail
