Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Democratic, Republican voter bases are more different than ever – David Lauter / LA Times
Asians could opt out of naming a country of origin on the 2020 census, a policymaker’s nightmare – Jennifer Lee / The Conversation
20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi – Josh Israel / ThinkProgress
The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism – Jemar Tisby / The Atlantic
Martin Luther King Jr. Was Bailed Out by a Millionaire – Incarcerated people today aren’t so lucky – Clint Smith / The Atlantic
A Profile of America’s Gun Owners Is Everything We’d Expect It To Be – David Love / Atl Black Star
Kill the Scapegoats – Donald Trump wants the death penalty for the black and brown people he blames for the opioid crisis – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Still a Long Time Coming : Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights – Elias Rodriques / The Nation
A black female politician was gunned down in Rio. Now she’s a global symbol – Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopez / Wash Post
Same family income, same street, but the black boy still grows up to earn less – Tracy Jan / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (March 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump. If all that matters when it comes to “law and order” is who is…
When the Irish Weren”t White – Michael Harriott / The Root
The Racist Origin of the Second Amendment and the Rise of Black Gun Ownership – Zenobia Jeffries / YES! Magazine
The FBI Is Too White—And It Considers That a “Huge Operational Risk” – Topher Sanders / Mother Jones
It’s official: We are experiencing a Black Renaissance – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did – Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel / The Nation
Detroit’s black middle class emerged from 1968’s upheaval – John Gallagher / USA Today
Anti-Semitism Is Rising. Why Aren’t American Jews Speaking Up? Jonathan Weisman / NYT
Package Bombings Reveal The Racist Underbelly Of Austin – Daina Ramey Berry and Christen Smith / HuffPost
How social media spread a historical lie – Jennifer Mendelsohn and Peter A. Shulman / Wash Post
What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump – Chris Hayes / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (March 15) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Feature – These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race. Marcia (left) and Millie Biggs, both 11, say people are shocked…
A New Report Has Some Grim News About American Newborns – Kiera Butler / Mother Jones
Millions of Students Are Quietly Being Taught the Koch Brothers’ Whitewashed Version of Black History – Michael Harriot / The Root
National Geographic admits to its racist past – Rachel Leah / Salon
Police are still killing black people. Why isn’t it news anymore? Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
