Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How blacks made America and it made us- Kojo Nnamdi / USA Today
Lonnie Bunch: Even if you’re white, ‘the story of slavery is still your story’ – Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post
Read President Obama’s Dedication At America’s First National Museum For Black History – Sam Levine / Huff Post
Watch Common, Stevie Wonder’s Political ‘Black America Again’ Video – Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone
Common and Stevie wonder have unveiled a devastating new video for “Black America Again.” The stark video opens with footage of Alton Sterling killed by…
Restoring Black History : The National Museum of African American History and Culture – Henry Louis Gates Jr. / NYT
Trump’s Hitlerian disregard for the truth – Richard Cohen / Wash Post
The Folly of the Protest Vote – Charles Blow / NYT
Trump’s attack on Black America : Birtherism was always about more than Obama’s birth certificate – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Meet the Horde of Neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and Other Extremist Leaders Endorsing Donald Trump – David Neiwert and Sarah Posner / Mother Jones
Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump – Amanda Taub / Vox via You Tube
The obscure research that predicted Donald Trump. Watch the video here
Donald Trump wants to bring back the “tough on crime” policies that helped cause mass incarceration – German Lopez / Vox
Trump hasn’t always been very specific when it comes to criminal justice policy. But there have been some very big clues. For the past few…
Collegiate Voices – Black students say American University isn’t listening to them – Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress
Criminal Justice Is Becoming a ‘Latino Issue’ – Juleyka Lantigua-Williams / The Atlantic
A Breakthrough Showcase For Black Filmmaking At The Toronto Film Festival – Bilal Qureshi / NPR
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies…
We’re at peak “white racial apocalypse”: The enduring toxic myths fueling Obama backlash, “all lives matter” and Donald Trump – Philip Eil / Salon
Four Ways Trump Is Wrong About Black Americans – Andrew McGill / The Atlantic
Hillary Clinton Speaks ‘Directly to White People’ in Wake of Police Shooting: ‘This Is Not Who We Are’ – Kristen West Savali / The Root
Terence Crutcher is just the latest in a long history of the killing of black men in Tulsa – Lorraine Berry / Raw Story
The Racial Wage Gap Between Black And White Workers Is Getting Worse – Daniel Marans / Huff Post
Solving Chicago’s Murders Could Prevent More – Alex Kotlowitz / The New Yorker
Where does the American dream live ? NYT Video
In 1976, Chicago provided vouchers to African-American families to move into predominantly white suburbs … How a little-known public housing program from the 1970s is…
The Racist Roots of Welfare Reform : American welfare policy historically targeted poor black families – Alma Carten / New Republic
How Amos ’n’ Andy Paved the Way for Black Stars on TV – Aisha Harris / Slate
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry by Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette
The American Slave Coast offers a provocative vision of US history from earliest colonial times through emancipation that presents even the most familiar events and…
27 Million Potential Hispanic Votes. But What Will They Really Add Up To ? Marcela Valdes / NYT
