Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Colin Kaepernick and What White Fans Don’t Understand About Black Athletes – Evan F. Moore / Rolling Stone
If there’s one thing Colin Kaepernick has shown us this week, it’s that when a black athlete steps out of line in the eyes of…
Booked: The Origins of the Carceral State – Timothy Shenk / Dissent
The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street – Alexia Fernandez Campbell / The Atlantic
Historic Event in London Honors ‘International Slavery Remembrance Day’ – Lilly Workneh / Huff Post
White Man Calls In to C-SPAN to Ask How He Can Stop Being Prejudiced. Here’s the Moving Response – Inae Oh / Mother Jones
On Sunday, an ordinary C-SPAN segment quickly transformed into a rare and moving conversation about racial attitudes in America, when a white man called in…
Russell Simmons says Hollywood is ‘self-segregated’ and ‘lacks culture’ – Kady Phillips / Blavity
Past Voices – Watch the (Indie) Works of Oscar Micheaux, Pioneering African-American Filmmaker – Justin Morrow / No film School
For a man the Producer’s Guild called the “most prolific independent filmmaker in American cinema,” African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux is a relatively obscure figure in…
Collegiate Voices – Trump fights breaking out across college campuses – Tyler Pager / Politico
What the world could lose in America’s presidential election – Fred Hiatt / Wash Post
How two of L.B.J.’s least celebrated accomplishments shaped the battle between Clinton and Trump – Kevin Baker / NYT
Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin (Trickledown Economics and Colorblindness) – Felicia Wong and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation
Latino and Hispanic identities aren’t the same. They’re also not racial groups – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Point Taken: Should the U.S. Pay Reparations to Black Americans? NPR Video
The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” wrote William Faulkner, in Requiem for a Nun. Though Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation put an end to…
Dwyane Wade’s cousin Nykea Aldridge killed; 2 brothers charged – Ralph Ellis and Vivian Kuo / CNN
For black communities the question of ‘who you gonna call’ is real – Thandisizwe Chimurenga / Daily Kos
Americans are supposed to turn to police after a murder. In black communities, they often can’t – German Lopez / Vox
A veteran crime reporter explains how police under- and overpolice black Americans. Read more here
Mothers fighting Chicago gun violence one block at a time – Sher Watts Spooner / Daily Kos
3 dead, 23 wounded in Chicago shootings from Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning – Megan Crepeau and Denanese Williams-Harris / Chicago Tribune
Making a Home for Black History : The vision and the challenges behind a new museum on the National Mall – Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
The disturbing dawn of the alt-right: Donald Trump’s the leader of a dark movement in America – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Why Trump And The White Supremacist Alt-Right Are Threats To Democratic Values – And Our National Security – Robert Creamer / Huff Post
Hillary Clinton’s full remarks in Reno, Nevada / Politico and You Tube
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump’s support of the “alternative-right” movement is “taking hate groups mainstream.” She delivered a blistering denunciation of Donald Trump’s personal and political history…
Donald Trump’s Description of Black America Is Offending Those Living in It – Richard Fausset, Alan Blinder and John Eligon / NYT
Harry Belafonte weighs in on Nate Parker and his new film – Mesfin Fekadu / Wash Post
A Judge Blocked North Carolina’s Plan To Suppress Black Voters. The GOP Found A Way To Do It Anyway. – Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress
Chicago’s Inescapable Segregation – Melinda D. Anderson / The Atlantic
