Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Why Are Police Officers More Dangerous Than Airplanes? – Pagan Kennedy / NYT
Charlottesville and the Bigotocracy – Michael Eric Dyson / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (August 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Short Documentary, Abbeville, is Released by the Equal Justice Initiative. The film follows community members committed to spreading the truth about the lynching…
How Russia Used Racism to Hack White Voters – Terrell Jermaine Starr / The Root
Kaepernick petition calling for NFL boycott is gaining steam, has 130K supporters – John Breech / CBS Sports
Kendrick Lamar: The Rolling Stone Interview: “The Greatest Rapper Alive” – Brian Hiatt / Rolling Stone
Will Texas’ Immigration Crackdown Spark the Latino Uprising Democrats Have Been Waiting For – Tim Murphy / Mother Jones
Charlottesville VA Backs “Reparations” Fund for Black Residents & Votes to Sell Robert E. Lee Statue / Democracy Now
Why the NAACP said “enough” to school privatization – Rann Miller / Alternet
Ole Miss Edges Out of Its Confederate Shadow, Gingerly – Stephanie Saul / NYT
What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity – Jay Caspian King / NYT
A Judge Is About To Rule Whether Banning Mexican-American Studies Is Constitutional – Roque Planas / HuffPost
Does the nation still need affirmative action? Editorial Board / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (August 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Policies of White Resentment. White resentment put Donald Trump in the White House. And there is every indication that it will keep…
Color of Climate: Is Climate Change Gentrifying Miami’s Black Neighborhoods – Jessica Moulite / The Root
Harry Edwards: Let Kaepernick get back to work – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
The Myth of Reverse Racism – Vann R. Newkirk / The Atlantic
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Detroit – Aisha Harris / Slate
White supremacy week at the White House: Even by Trump standards, the racism was dialed to 11 – Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Asian-Americans Have A Lot To Lose If GOP Legal Immigration Bill Is Passed: Experts – Kimberly Yam
Black people aren’t keeping white Americans out of college. Rich people are – Christine Emba / Wash Post
Whose Streets, Whose Stories : Who gets to make art out of black pain? Two very different new movies show why it matters – Dana Stevens / Slate
Watch Nikole Hannah-Jones on DOJ’s Attack on Affirmative Action & How School Segregation Never Ended / Democracy Now
The Policies of White Resentment – Carol Anderson / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest ( August 4 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – James Baldwin: How to Cool It : Read the landmark 1968 Q&A on race in America. In Esquire’s July 1968 issue, published just…
Why the lack of Indian and African faces in Dunkirk matters – Sunny Singh / The Guardian
