Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (February 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Democrats welcome an increasingly diverse America; Republicans aren’t so sure. By Matthew Yglesias / Vox
Equal-Opportunity Evil. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
A photo of a uniquely American racist act dominates the news, but my photo is an act of equality. By Lucian Truscott IV / Salon
How Virginia’s politicians can make a real difference on issues of race. By Mark J. Rozell / Wash Post
An editor and his newspaper helped build white supremacy in Georgia. By Kathy Roberts Forde / The Conversation
Meet Annie Turnbo Malone, the hair care entrepreneur Trump shouted out in his Black History Month proclamation. By Nadra Nittle / Vox
Supreme Court to decide if the Trump administration can rig the Census to favor white people. By Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
Kaepernick Won. The NFL Lost. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
How capitalism reduced diversity to a brand. By Sean Nilling / Vox
Ocasio-Cortez Slams The ‘Racial Injustice’ Of The Cannabis Business As White Men Profit. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Racial Disparities In Cancer Incidence And Survival Rates Are Narrowing. By Patti Neighmond / NPR
Students Of Color Reflect On Surviving Parkland. By HuffPost Video
The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers.’ By Colbert King / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (February 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – What it Really Means to Be Indian. By Mark Anthony Rolo / The Progressive
Hollywood diversity has improved, study shows. By Andrew Pulver / The Guardian
The ‘Loyal Slave’ Photo That Explains the Northam Scandal. By Kevin M. Levin / The Atlantic
What Our Textbooks Get Wrong About Slavery. By Isaac Himmelman / HuffPost
Blocked from taking Confederate statues down, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis try other ideas. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / USA Today
Striking Steel. By Imani Perry / The Progressive
North Carolina To Have Its First Black Woman As Supreme Court Chief Justice. By Kimberly Richards / HuffPost
Blackface is just a symptom of American medicine’s racist past. By Christopher D.E. / Wash Post
Black communities aren’t getting the mental health care they need. I’m helping to break the silence. By Taraji P. Henson / NBC News
For black children, there’s a rising need to create safe spaces to talk about trauma. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
Pioneering Black Scientist Wins ‘Nobel Prize For The Environment.’ By Marlene Cimons / Huff Post
New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
Yes, politicians wore blackface. It used to be all-American ‘fun.’ By Rhae Lynn Barnes / Wash Post
