Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
America is facing a reckoning over race, but we’ve seen this before. By Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated
America’s Enduring Caste System. By Isabel Wilkerson / NYT
Donald Trump is the 21st-century Jefferson Davis: History will judge him — and us. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Biden and Trump deliver very different messages on July 4th. By Daniel Politi / Slate
The Case for Kamala Harris. By Susan Matthews / Slate
To the World, We’re Now America the Racist and Pitiful. By Robin Wright / The New Yorker
Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History. By Larry Buchanan, Quoctrung Bui and Jugal K. Patel / NYT
What if we treated Confederate symbols the way we treated the defeated Nazis? By John Semley / The Guardian
Image of Thomas Jefferson alongside Black descendant holds ‘a mirror’ to America. By Sharmar Walters and Maia Davis / NBC News
Racist, brutal past or Hispanic history? Latinos clash over Spanish colonial statues. By Gwen Aviles / NBC News
Where Do Black Journalists Go From Here? By Char Adams / New Republic
New doc “John Lewis: Good Trouble” gives nuance to a relentless freedom fighter. By Pricilla Ward / Salon
Crisis in the Navajo Nation: Voter suppression, racism and a deadly pandemic. By David Daley / Salon
The reckoning over representation: Black hollywood speaks out, but is the industry listening? By Variety / NBC News
Washington Redskins To Review Racist Team Name. By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
It’s time for black labor in college sports to demand new ground rules. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – “Do You Think You’re Not Involved?” The Racial Reckoning of “Blood at the Root.” By Casey Cep / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Europe in 1989, When the Berlin Wall Fell, America in 2020, and the Death of the Lost Cause. By David W. Blight / The…
Trump’s only campaign promise is to make bigotry safe again. By Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
White Voters Are Abandoning Trump. And they’re doing so for a surprising reason. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Yes, Even George Washington. Slavery was a cruel institution that can’t be excused by its era. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
What we can do now about Stone Mountain’s 150ft Confederate carving. By Ryan Gravel and Scott Morris / The Guardian
The Racism of “Ole Miss” Is Hiding in Plain Sight. By Becca Andrews / Mother Jones
Elijah McClain’s death is an unspeakable outrage. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
How the Trump Campaign Is Drawing Obama Out of Retirement. By Glenn Thrush and Elaina Plott / NYT
Camden Didn’t Defund Its Police Department—It Just Handed It Off. By Hank Kalet / The Progressive
