Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Spike Lee: Racism in the DNA of USA. By Christiane Amanpour / CNN World
James Comey: Take down the Confederate statues now. By James Comey / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (February 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers.’ By Colbert King / Wash Post
How Should Americans Tackle Anti-Semitism? By Emma Green / The Atlantic Video
The House Takes on America’s Voting-Rights Problem. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Democrats court rural Southern voters with Stacey Abrams’ State of the Union response. By Sharon Austin / The Conversation
‘Sir, I Never Thought I’d See the Day I’d Be Working for a Colored Officer.’ By Christopher Paul Wolfe / NYT
A Letter to My Niece. By Ariel Felton / The Progressive
How Frank Robinson’s baseball contributions went from underrated to historic. By Claire Smith / The Undefeated
What if the NBA were player-owned? ‘High Flying Bird’ imagines the ultimate disruption. By Kelley L. Carter / The Undefeated
How Trump Continues to Use Race as a Prop. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Race Inquiry Digest (February 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
The Empty Quarters of U.S. Politics. By Paul Krugman / NYT
African-Americans’ economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated. By Vincent Adejumo / The Conversation
Cleaner Classrooms and Rising Scores: With Tighter Oversight, Head Start Shows Gains. By Jason DeParle / NYT
Dying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans. By Yolanda Wilson / The Conversation
Black America Knows White Avengers Like Liam Neeson All Too Well. Roland S. Martin / The Daily Beast
When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
Brian Flores, Chris Grier and the need to succeed in Miami. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Teddy Pendergrass Doc to Premiere on Showtime This Month. By Jon Blisten / Rolling Stone
“American Soul,” Reviewed: “Soul Train” and the Making of a Mogul. By Troy Petterson / The New Yorker
State of the Union 2019: A Stacey Abrams essay you should read. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
Race Inquiry Digest (February 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – How Trump Continues to Use Race as a Prop. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Policies that harm black bodies deserve the same outrage as blackface. By Shanita Hubbard / The Guardian
On Langston Hughes’s 115th birthday, read his ambivalent ode to America. By Constance Grady / Vox
The Super Bowl is a showdown of America’s dueling values: commerce and conscience. By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / The Guardian
