Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Past Voices – Hubert Harrison (1883 -1927) A Pioneering African – American Radical
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the Color Line. But what is the Color Line? It is the practice of the…
Jesse Owens, a Film Hero Once Again – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
The Brazilian carnival queen deemed ‘too black’ – video – Barney Lankester et.al. / The Guardian
Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one…
Feature – The Misdiagnosis of Terrorism – Rev. Dr. William J. Barber / Riverside Church NY City
Dear Friends of Race Inquiry: Please take the time to listen to a speech delivered by Rev. William Barber at a Martin Luther King Day…
The Clintons’ War on Drugs: When Black Lives Didn’t Matter – Donna Murch / The New Republic
Stop Bernie-Splaining to Black Voters – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Voting for Bernie Sanders – Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote – Michelle Alexander / The Nation
Feature – White America’s ‘Broken Heart’ – Charles M. Blow / NYT
On Sunday, at the Corinthian Baptist Church in Des Moines, former President Bill Clinton, looking frail and sounding faint, stumped for his wife, working through…
Young black men in Chicago: Out of work, out of school, and out of luck – Sher Watts Spooner / Daily Kos
College is still for white people: Our universities have become a hostile place for African-Americans – Lawrence Ross / Salon
Global Blackness and Diasporan Dopeness – Luvvie Ajayi / Huff Post
Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever? Adia Harvey Wingfield / The Atlantic
On Obama (Thinking in Action) 1st Edition – Paul C. Taylor
On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president. The purpose of this book is…
Black America and the Class Divide – Henry Louis Gates / NYT
How Racism And Anti-Tax Fervor Laid The Groundwork For Flint’s Water Crisis – Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress
To Fix the Racial Wealth Gap, We Need Solutions That Sound Radical – Steve Phillips / theNation
U.N. Group Says U.S. Should Consider Reparations – Jessie J. Holland / US News
Racial Reparations and the Limits of Economic Policy / NYT Opinion Pages
The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters-Corey Robin / Salon
U. of Alabama activists renew a long conversation about race – Nick Anderson/ Wash Post
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Sports Taught America That ‘Bigotry Is Not a Cool Thing’ – Dave Zirin / The Nation
The sports legend sits down with the Nation’s Dave Zirin. Watch the video, and listen to the conversation.
Obama as folk hero: To be what he’s trying to be – black, idealistic and president – is nothing less than superhuman – Erin Aubry Kaplan / Salon
On the Beat of Black Lives and Bloodshed – Trymaine Lee / NYT
The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha – Rashod Ollison / Salon
The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America – Ethan Michaeli
“An extraordinary history…Deeply researched, elegantly written…a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten.” —Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review Giving voice to the…
