Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political. By Dani McClain / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (April 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Scholar Kathleen Belew on New Zealand, Donald Trump and the rise of “white power.” By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
(We digress) William Barr Reads “Moby-Dick,” Finds No Evidence of Whales. By Andy Borowitz / The New Yorker
It’s Bigger Than Mueller and Trump. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
What Should Stacey Abrams Do? By Bob Moser / The New Republic
Segregation Has Been the Story of New York City’s Schools for 50 Years. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
We need more teachers of color, so why do we use tests that keep them out of the classroom? By Emery Petchauer / The Conversation
America’s legacy of racial terror and Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Marrow of Tradition.” By Wiley Cash / Salon
‘A State of Emergency’: Native Americans Stranded for Days by Flooding. By Mitch Smith / NYT
Effort to Legalize Marijuana in New Jersey Collapses. By Nick Corasaniti / NYT
Unequal Justice: The Supreme Court Tackles Political Gerrymandering, Again. By Bill Blum / The Progressive
Who has the best hair in the NCAA tournament? By Jessie Washington / The Undefeated
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Goes Down the Rabbit Hole of Identity. By Josephine Livingstone / The New Republic
Cornell Belcher schools progressives on what it will take to win the White House in 2020. Stephanie Griffith / ThinkProgress
Race Inquiry Digest (April 1) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political. By Dani McClain / The Nation
The tough choices black parents face when choosing a school for their children. By Kimberly Seals Allers / Wash Post
Being Black in a White Academic World. By Jemelle Bouie, Rachelle Hampton, Aisha Harris and Carvell Wallace / Slate
Discovered After 70, Black Artists Find Success, Too, Has Its Price. By Hilarie M. Sheets / NYC
Human Genomics Research Has A Diversity Problem. By Jonathan Lambert / NPR
Florida Republicans vote to strip most felons of voting rights unless they pay “poll tax.” By Igor Derysh / Salon
America Through Nazi Eyes. By Omer Aziz / Dissent
Fox viewers think Trump’s the best president, and that’s far from their worst misconception. By Sam Fullwood III / ThinkProgress
The White-Extinction Conspiracy Theory Is Bonkers. By Farhad Manjoo / NYC
The Roots of Police Violence in Chicago. Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Facebook Won’t Let Employers, Landlords or Lenders Discriminate in Ads Anymore. By Jack Gillum and Ariana Tobin / ProPublica
The entrenched segregation of New York City’s public high schools. By Rachel Leah / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (March 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Cornell Belcher schools progressives on what it will take to win the White House in 2020. Stephanie Griffith / ThinkProgress