Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Virginia Confederate monuments: ‘We’re going to hold hands on this journey as brothers and sisters.’ By Laura Vozzella / Wash Post
Declaring lynching a crime is empty symbolism. By Stacey Patton / Wash Post
Birmingham’s ‘Fifth Girl.’ By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
McCoy Tyner, Groundbreaking Pianist Of 20th Century Jazz, Dies At 81. By Nate Chinen / NPR
Black students say they are being penalized for their hair, and experts say every student is worse off because of it. By Leah Asmelash / CNN
Editor: RID veers into absurdity. Got a medical question? Ask Dr. Trump! By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 12) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say. By Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman / NYT
Latinos boosted Sanders on Super Tuesday. A lesson for the Biden campaign? By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
“Voter suppression, plain and simple”: Texas closed hundreds of polling sites in black, Latino areas. By Igor Derysh / Salon
A new report shows freedom is declining in established democracies — including ours. By Max Boot / Wash Post
Miranda’s rebellion: The reckonings of one of the South’s white suburban women, whose loyalty is key to whether Trump is reelected. By Stephanie McCrummen / Wash Post
Trump Has His Sights Set on Black Voters. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Charlottesville will celebrate the end of slavery as an official holiday instead of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
The Long Struggle Against Educational Injustice. By AAIHS Editors
Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools. By Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
‘Miss Virginia’ Is Based on Virginia Walden Ford’s Inspiring True Story. By Pippa Raga / Distractify
Why Charter Schools Are Failing Black Students. By Rann Miller / The Progressive
The desexualization of the Asian American male. By Andrew Kung / CNN
Trump nominates first African American Air Force chief. By Rebecca Kheel / The Hill
Members Of Congress Unite In Call For Baseball Hall Of Fame To Elect Curt Flood. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Excuse you, Iowa. Black voters flex for Biden in Democratic primary. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Editor: RID veers into absurdity. Got a medical question? Ask Dr. Trump! By Dana Milbank / Wash Post
Fear Powered Joe Biden’s South Carolina Victory. By Zak Cheney-Rice / NY Mag
Bloomberg, the Mayor Who Menaced Blackness. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Jaime Harrison: Meet the Democrat riding the Lindsey Graham backlash. By Katie Lobosco / CNN
Can Latinos seal the deal for Sanders on Super Tuesday? By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
