Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A Monument the Old South Would Like to Ignore – Magaret Renkl / NYT
Indian Slavery Once Thrived in New Mexico. Latinos Are Finding Family Ties to It – Simon Romero / NYT
Trump is trying to Make America White Again – Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (January 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Concerning Monuments – The Shaw Memorial : A salute to the soldiers of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. 1n 1863, after the Emancipation Proclamation…
Wyatt Tee Walker, Civil Rights Oracle died on Tuesday at 88 – Diane McWhorter / NYT
Hugh Masekela, South African Jazz Giant, Dead at 78 – Jon Bilistein / Rolling Stone
Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence – Suman Raghunathan / The Nation
Even white people can see it now: Donald Trump’s a racist – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Floridians should scrap these retrograde, racist voting laws – Editorial Board / Wash Post
Warriors Derangement Syndrome. The NBA is on the verge of a collective nervous breakdown – Jack Hamilton / Slate
What Color Should My Child Be? A black woman asks about the ethics and the optics of choosing a white sperm donor – Carvel Wallace / Slate
Of Course the Christian Right Supports Trump – Michelle Goldberg / NYT
2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010 – Hansi Lo Wang / NPR
NAACP Sues Trump Administration Over Ending Protected Status For Haitians – James Doubek / NPR
Concerning Monuments – The Shaw Memorial : A Salute to the Soldiers of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Race Inquiry Digest (January 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Racism Represents an American Tradition. The nation’s first naturalization law, from 1790, closed off United States citizenship to all but “free…
Trump’s Racism Toward Haiti Is not an Aberration – Nia Imara / The Progressive
Are NFL owners making a mockery of the Rooney Rule? Les Carpenter / The Guardian
Nearly All District Attorneys Are White—And That’s a Huge Obstacle to Fighting Mass Incarceration – Liz Posner / AlterNet
Florida Will Vote on Restoring Voting Rights to 1.5 Million Ex-Felons – Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Black unemployment is at a record low. But there’s a lot more to the story – Lydia DePillis
Academic freedom in the age of Trump: Don’t joke about “white genocide” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Watch : Systemic Racism And Air Pollution Create A Dangerous Reality For Black People / HuffPost
Medicaid is an effective, efficient program, highly valued by its beneficiaries. And yet, Republicans are relentlessly trying to cut it – Jared Bernstein and Hannah Katch / Wash Post
Yes, the census should be tracking race and ethnicity – Timothy P. Johnson and Roger Tourangeau / Wash Post
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Racism Represents an American Tradition – Paul A. Kramer / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (January 22) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Shutdown: A familiar partisan ritual takes on new meaning in the Trump era. That conflict now pits the nativist impulses unleashed by Trump’s…