Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Academics And Economics Behind School Choice – Niki Kelly et al / Huff Post
The Confederacy’s ‘Living Monuments’ – Karen L. Cox / NYT
Teach Us All (Documentary Trailer) – Directed by Sonia Lowman / You Tube
Race Inquiry Digest (October 5) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Hanged, Burned, Shot, Drowned, Beaten. In a region where symbols of the Confederacy are ubiquitous, an unprecedented memorial takes shape. It will be…
How the Bankruptcy System Is Failing Black Americans – Paul Kiel and Hannah Fresques / ProPublica
Interview: Progressive Randall Woodfin Wins Birmingham, Ala., Mayoral Race in a Major Upset – Jermaine Starr / The Root
Daily Kos endorses Stacey Abrams, who would be Georgia’s—and America’s—first black woman governor – Kelly Macias / Daily Kos
‘Playing While White’ examines privilege on and off the field – David J. Leonard / The Undefeated
Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the “Election Hacking” the U.S. Must Address – Democracy Now
Forget the NFL … women’s basketball players take powerful stand on social justice – Motez Bishara / CNN
Calling Las Vegas Massacre ‘Deadliest Shooting In U.S. History’ Erases Our Violent Past – Lilly Workneh . HuffPost
Eric Holder: Gerrymandering has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court should help fix it – Eric H. Holder / Wash Post
Good news: Fewer and fewer young people are getting incarcerated – Keith Humphreys / Wash Post
Hanged, Burned, Shot, Drowned, Beaten – Kriston Capps / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (October 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Taking a knee has always been a sign of reverence, not disrespect. Kneeling as a sign of veneration is clearly not something Trump…
Air Force General Addresses Racial Slurs on Campus: ‘You Should Be Outraged’ – Jonah Engel Bromwich / NYT
Don’t lose track of the issues Colin Kaepernick risked his career to illuminate – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
The Museum Grappling With the Future of Black America – Adrienne Green / The Atlantic
John Carlos, 1968 Olympic U.S. Medalist, on the Revolutionary Sports Moment that Changed the World – Democracy Now
CNN poll: Americans split on anthem protests – Jennifer Agiesta / CNN
Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Making of a Public Intellectual – Concepcion De Leon / NYT
The NFL, Charlottesville, and Trump’s pattern of racial division – Ronald Brownstein / CNN
Hugh Hefner’s real progressive legacy isn’t sexual, it’s racial – Rachel Leah / Salon
When White Supremacists Ruled Washington – Brent Staples / NYT
Taking a knee has always been a sign of reverence, not disrespect – Luke Bretherton / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (September 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – ‘Sisterhood’ Felt Meaningless. So My Sisters and I Got in the Car. We wanted to find women who could remind us that another, more…
