Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Bathing suits and civil rights: Integrating the District’s pools was not easy – John Kelly / Wash Post
The NFL’s War Against Colin Kaepernick – Dave Zirin / The Nation
Anti-Muslim Hate Marched in 30 Cities This Weekend – Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast
Black Women in America Really Do Work Harder for Less, New Report Shows – Nora Caplan Bricker / Slate
When the Nazis Come Marching In – Dahlia Lithwick / Slate
A Celebration of Black Lawyers, Past and Present – Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (June 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white men. Women, people of color and politicians standing up to…
The Ugliest American: How Trump’s Bigotry Isolates and Imperils America – John Nichols / The Progressive
Republicans are weaponizing the Census to further disenfranchise non-white, non-straight Americans – Markos Moulitsas / Daily Kos
Do the Warriors have the best offense in NBA history? Marc J Spears / The Undefeated
Black troops as much as twice as likely to be punished by commanders, courts – Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today
DWP’’s Antoinette Robertson: Black Women Can Be Woke And Wear A Weave – Zahara Hill / Huff Post
Diary – A Personal Account of the Black Panthers in Algeria – Elaine Mokhtefi / London Review of Books
States with more black people have less generous welfare benefits, study says – Tracy Jan / NYT
America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic – Linda Villarosa / NYT
Watch How White Nationalists Are Made And Radicalized – Peter Simi / Huff Post
It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class – Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu / Wash Post
Yes, there is a free speech crisis. But its victims are not white men – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Race Inquiry Digest ( June 5 ) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Myth of the Kindly General Lee. The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a…
National Urban League State Of Black America Town Hall Recap – Roland Martin / You Tube
The Radical Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, the First Black Author to Win a Pulitzer Prize – Angela Jackson / Beacon Press via Alternet
LeBron’s defaced gate brings racism into focus – J. A. Adande / The Undefeated
The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas – Alex Putterman / The Atlantic
What We Have Unleashed – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Georgia Democrat face of party’s southern hopes – Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today
Google Honors War Hero, Civil Rights Icon Josephine Baker On Her 111th Birthday – Doha Madani / Huff Post
