Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Africa’s democratic road to economic unity – Editorial Board / Christian Science Monitor
Confederate Fantasies and the Donald Trump Surge – Bob Cesca / Salon
How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks – Terrence McCoy / Wash Post
Parents’ Ceremony Serves Up Elements of “Morehouse Gospel” – Kevin D. Liles / NYT
The Betrayal by the Black Elite with Chris Hedges and Cornel West – therealnews.com
CHRIS HEDGES, HOST, DAYS OF REVOLT: Welcome to Days of Revolt. I’m Chris Hedges. This is part two of our interview with Dr. Cornel West,…
Go Back to Mexico Sentiment is Most Prevalent in States That Used to be Mexico – John Paul Brammer / Blue Nation Review
Here’s What Black Lives Matter Activist Want Politicians To Do About Police Violence – Julia Craven and Ryan J. Reilly / Huff Post
Instead of cash reparations, give every Black American 5/3 of a vote – Theodore Johnson / Wash Post
White people were America’s real “anchor babies” : A history lesson for the Republican Party – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black America owes no forgiveness: How Christianity hinders racial justice – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Locked in Solitary at 14: Adult Jails Isolate Youths Despite Risk – Timothy Williams / NYT
Graphite Against a Sharp White Background – Claudia Rankine / Slate
This chart lets you devise a plan for ending mass incarceration (its not easy) – German Lopez / Vox
Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Movement Recalls COINTELPRO Tactics – Julia Craven / Huff Post
The Story Behind An Iconic Picture of Civil Rights leader Julian Bond – Cristian Farias / Huff Post
Malcolm X – The Last Speech / You Tube
Malcolm delivered this speech in 1965 on the very night that his home in New York was firebombed. He was tired and worried, yet he still showed…
Race and the Storm – Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Police Abuse Is a Form of Terror – Charles M. Blow / NYT
How White Users Made Heroin a Public Health Problem – Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic
Cuba’s Star-Spangled Slavery – Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast
Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny – Adam Liptak / NYT
Could black people in the U.S. qualify as refugees? Raha Jorjani / Wash Post
The Rebirth of Black Rage – Mychal Denzel Smith / The Nation
Children Caught in a Racist System – The Editorial Board / NYT
Movie Review : Straight Outta Compton – Odie Henderson / Roger Ebert
A light-skinned Latina like me will never be able to live in the land of whiteness – Melissa Lozada-Oliva / The Guardian
Snowstorm in August : The Struggle for American Freedom – Washington Race Riot of 1835 / Jefferson Morley
In 1835, the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, outnumbering slaves for the first…
50 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Leaned From Watts – Jeanne Theoharis / NYT
A Matter of Black Lives : Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, is on a crusade to stop the killing – Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic
Block The Vote: A Journalist Discusses Voting Rights and Restrictions – Ari Berman / NPR
