Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How Northern Newspapers Covered Lynchings – Charles Seguin / NYT
The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism by Howard Bryant ( A Short Summary)
Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today’s Black athletes re-engage with social issues and the meaning of American patriotism. It used…
A Radically Woke and Deeply Conservative Commencement Address – Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (June 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Donald Trump’s empire of disorientation: Where the future is the past, made worse. Trump wants to turn back the clock — but how…
Steve Kerr speaks truth to power — and his players respect him for it – Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Anthony Bourdain’s Meal With Obama Was a Proud American Moment – John Hendrickson / Rolling Stone
What a 1963 RFK-James Baldwin meeting teaches us about race in Trump’s America – Sean Illing / Vox
North Carolina tries to revive its discriminatory voter ID law as constitutional amendment – Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress
African-Americans and the Strains of the National Anthem – Brent Staples / NYT
A second American Civil War? Robert Reich / Salon
The Jewish family on Hitler’s street: “We didn’t know he was going to turn the world upside down” – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Donald Trump returns to race baiting as Republicans stumble toward the midterms – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
‘I Want to Hate’ – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Donald Trump’s empire of disorientation: Where the future is the past, made worse – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (June 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism. Trump disinvited the NFL champs to an event they didn’t want…
Will the State Takeover of Jackson Schools be ‘Better Together’ or the Same Old Education Politics? Jeff Bryant / The Progressive
Are Americans a Broken People? Here’s Why We’ve Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression – Bruce Levine / AlterNet
Driving While Black Has Gotten Even Worse – Tim Murphy / Mother Jones
Banking Black – Kia Gregory / The New Republic
Trump’s Judge Picks Could Boost Racial Bias in the Justice System For Generations – Cecilia Smith / Atl Black Star
Asian Groups See Bias in Plan to Diversify New York’s Elite Schools – Elizabeth A. Harris and Winnie Hu / NYT
Exploding Myths About ‘Black Power, Jewish Politics’ – Leah Donnella / NPR
The Education Of Bobby Kennedy — On Race – Karen Grigsby Bates / NPR Morning Edition
D’Souza’s Reward – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (June 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – The US has an HIV epidemic – and its victims are gay black men. The Centers for Disease Control predicts one in every…
