Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Go Back to China’: Readers Respond to Racist Insults Shouted at a New York Times Editor – Michael Luo / NYT
How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
For 15-year-old Zion Agostini, the start of each school day is a new occasion to navigate a minefield of racial profiling. From an early age,…
Beyond the pale: White privilege thy name is Donald Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Donald Trump’s confused portrait of black America – Danny Vinik / Politico
Biracial, and also Black – Martha S. Jones / CNN
A Great Fight of Our Times – Is Progress at Risk for African American Families? David Leonhardt / NYT
WATCH: An Undefeated Conversation with President Obama : Sports, Race and Achievement – Stan Verrett / The Undefeated
President Barack Obama visited the campus of North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro for the first time Tuesday to participate in a forum on…
Past Voices – W.E.B. Du Bois -From Assimilationist to Antiracist / Race Inquiry
In the September 1933 issue of The Crisis, Du Bois published “On Being Ashamed,” a look back at the lifelong course of his own thinking,…
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Black Power Movement – Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi Woodward / The New Press via Alternet
Donald Trump’s unbelievable new statement about the Central Park 5 – Aaron Ruper / ThinkProgress
Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2016 – German Lopez / Vox
Prison Uprisings, From Attica to Today – Tim Barker / Dissent
Since September 9, thousands of prisoners in at least twenty-four states across the country have joined a series of strikes and protests demanding “an end…
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Mass Incarceration Under a Black President – Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal calls from prison to discuss mass incarceration under Obama, being denied hepatitis C treatment, and the 50th anniversary of the…
Alabama’s Failure of Moral Turpitude – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Being black shouldn’t mean a longer prison sentence – Marc H. Morial / USA Today
We’re All a Little Biased, Even if We Don’t Know It – Emily Badger / NYT
The perfect spot for a reckoning with Reconstruction – Gregory P. Downs and Kate Masur
The Perversion of Pepe the Frog – Jeet Heer / New Republic
Racial Profiling in Preschool – The Editorial Board / NYT
Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles, Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders – Pearson McKinney / Bipartisan Report
Hollywood’s Complex History Of Portraying Slavery On Screen -Zeba Bay / Huff Post
The Birth of a Nation” reminds us how depictions of slavery reflect how we think about race. When the first trailer for Nate Parker’s “The…
Review: ‘Birth of a Nation’ is an amazing work of art – Brian Truitt / USA Today
With not-so-civil disobedience, Nat Turner forcefully fought for his people’s freedom more than 100 years before there was such a thing as a civil rights movement. He has…
Racism Got You Stressed? That May Be Holding Kids Back at School, Too – Benjamin Ryan / The Nation
New research suggests the experience of bias alters our hormones in ways that widen the academic achievement gap. An onslaught of videos depicting African Americans shot…
Fox News’ stunningly racist interview in Chinatown won’t do any favors for Donald Trump – Esther Yu His Lee / ThinkProgress
How the Legacy of Slavery Is Very Much Still with U.S. – Amy Goodman / Democracy Now via Alternet
Ava DuVernay’s new film “13th” takes audiences on a trajectory from the 13th Amendment to mass incarceration. As Ava DuVernay’s new documentary “13th” opens at…
The Movement to End Racist Voting Laws – The Editorial Board / NYT
