Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About Democracy. By Steve Phillips / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (May 31) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Republican Party, Racial Hypocrisy, and the 1619 Project. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
White House to Host George Floyd’s Family on Anniversary of His Death, but Will Miss Floyd Police Reform Bill Deadline. By Zack Linly / The Root
A year after George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis remains scarred, divided. By Holly Bailey / Wash Post
Louisiana police release video showing officers punched, dragged Black man before his death. By Daniel Politi / Slate
Does Teaching America It’s Racist Make It Less Racist? By Jane Coaston / Wash Post Podcast
CNN Fires Rick Santorum Over Claim That White Settlers Found “Nothing” in America. By Jamilah King / Mother Jones
Antisemitic incidents heightened across U.S. amid Israel-Gaza fighting; mosques were damaged, too. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
For Asian American Women, Racism And Misogyny Have Always Been Intertwined. By Marina Fang / HuffPost
If Only There Were a Viral Video of Our Jim Crow Education System. By Nicholas Kristof / NYT
Employees want corporate America to stand against racism. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today
Ex-Secret Service Agent Details ‘Shockingly’ Racist Abuse Endured By Michelle Obama. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
A Vision of Racial and Economic Justice. Norman Hill and Velma Murphy Hill / Dissent Magazine
How a Black man’s death in 1965 changed American history. By Javonte Anderson / USA Today
Removal of Confederate names could affect hundreds of sites. By Robert Burns / AP News
The survivors of the Tulsa massacre deserve recompense. Congress should help make it happen. By the Editorial Board / Wash Post
Blues music was birthed by slavery, racism, and Jim Crow. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Paul Mooney, Comedy’s Maestro of White America. By Lauren Michele Jackson /The New Yorker
Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey on Maurice White’s legacy, dedication to faith: ‘I always go back to God.’ By Stephanie Nolasco / Fox News
Stop everything you’re doing and watch Simone Biles’ Yurchenko double pike vault. By D’Arcy Maine and Amy Van Deusen / ESPN
‘You Don’t Belong Here’: Young Black Hockey Players Reveal the Racism They Experienced On the Ice, Player Made ‘Monkey Noises’ and Hurled Racial Slurs. By Ashley Turner / Atlanta Black Star
Coco Gauff Wins a Title. And Then She Wins Another. By Christopher Clarey / NYT
How do Americans feel about the anthem at sporting events? It depends which Americans you ask. By Michael Lee, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin / Wash Post
The Phoenix Suns Are Chris Paul’s Latest Project. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
America’s right-wing political monsters are real — and they are coming for you. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (May 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About Democracy. By Steve Phillips / The Nation
