Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
For Fairer Courts, Address Prosecutor Bias – Shima Baughman, Christopher Robertson and Sunita Sah / New Republic
This Persistent Myth About Native Americans Needs Debunking – Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker / Alternet
Review Finds San Francisco Police Disproportionately Targeted Minorities – Eyder Peralta / NPR
Viral video illustrates what’s wrong with policing in America – Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress
Last Wednesday, a black man was walking down a street in suburban Edina, Minnesota, when a plain clothes officer grabbed him and refused to let…
Steve Bannon’s Vision for the Trump Coalition After Election Day – Ryan Lizza / The New Yorker
In the Age of Trump White Millennials Shatter Idea That Young People Are Progressive – David Love / Atl Black Star
The white flight of white nationalist Derek Black – Eli Saslow / Wash Post
The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity — Then Lost Her Job – Ruth Graham / NYT Magazine
When Larycia Hawkins, the first black woman to receive tenure at Wheaton College, made a symbolic gesture of support for Muslims, the evangelical college became…
Michelle Obama: ‘Going High’ Means Remaining Outraged – Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic
We’ve Reached the End of White Christian America – Daniel Lombroso and Caitlin Cadieux / The Atlantic Video
The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications. At 45…
The Real Nat Turner by Molefi Kete Asante / Temple University
Asian-Americans Continue To Drift Away From The GOP, But It’s A Complicated Story – Kat Chow / NPR
The formerly incarcerated are facing crippling prison debt when they get out, and it needs to stop – Larry Schwartztol and Abby Shafroth / Slate
Donald Trump’s strategy for minority Americans? Don’t let them vote – The Editorial Board / The Wash Post
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…