Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Will to Kill, in Black and White. Race has played a heavy hand in the fates of soldiers facing death sentences in the U.S. military. By Bill Lueders / The Progressive
Fighting Without A Gun: Being Black In World War II. By HuffPost Video
Lift Every Voice and Sing ( The Undefeated Mix) Featuring Aloe Blacc and special guests The String Queens / By The Undefeated
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is one of the greatest speeches in American rhetoric. By Constance Grady / Vox
Cory Booker’s 2020 policy agenda: ‘Baby bonds,’ criminal justice reform, action on climate change. By Jeff Stein / Wash Post
Will Anyone Save Black Colleges? By Adam Harris / The Atlantic
Northam’s ugly yearbook photo and the racist origins of blackface. By Michael Brice-Saddler, Jessica Contrera and DaNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (February 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – State of the Union 2019: A Stacey Abrams essay you should read. By Zack Beauchamp / Vox
It’s not that Tom Brokaw is racist. It’s that he’s wrong. By Isaac Bailey / CNN
Ignorance about the Holocaust is growing. By Harry D. Wall / CNN
Social justice, unspoken truths, and Bradley Cooper: inside Kamala Harris’s book. By Lois Beckett / The Guardian
The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map. By Paige Williams / The New Yorker
Kentucky is disenfranchising black voters at a higher rate than any other state in the country. By Addy Baird / Thinkprogress
Lisa Murkowski Revives Bill Targeting Missing And Murdered Native Women. By Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost
Latino Turnout Surged. Then Texas Questioned 98,000 Voters’ Citizenship. By Roque Planas / HuffPost
Housing market racism persists despite ‘fair housing’ laws. By Keeanaga-Yamahtta Taylor / The Guardian
Elite Law Firm’s All-White Partner Class Stirs Debate on Diversity. By Norm Scheiber and John Eligon / NYT
Closing the Gulf Between Black and White Christians. By Emma Green / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (February 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Northam’s ugly yearbook photo and the racist origins of blackface. The image of a man in blackface standing beside a figure in Klan…
Naomi Osaka Of Japan Secures Her Second Grand Slam Title With Australian Open Victory. By Francesca Paris / NPR
Patriotic or racist? Trump’s Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button issue. By Kristen Jordan Shamus / Detroit Free Press
In Julián Castro’s presidential bid, Latinos see one of their own, defying stereotypes. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Warriors skip the White House, meet with former president Barack Obama instead. By Matt Bonesteel / Wash Post
LGBT Navajos Discover Unexpected Champions: Their Grandparents. By Laurel Morales / NPR
Florida Secretary of State resigns after reveal of blackface photos. By Caroline Kelly / CNN
The Ku Klux Klan Is Growing—in Germany. By Kelly Weill and Josephine Huetlin / The Daily Beast
