Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Science has revealed how arbitrary racial categories are. Perhaps medicine will abandon them, too – Moises Velasquez-Manoff / NYT
Black Reconstruction in America,1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois
In order to better understand the phenomenon of Trumpism and his supporters, we submit to our readers Du Bois’s analysis of the environment leading up to…
Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore – Addy Baird / ThinkProgress
Race Inquiry Digest (December 11) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – For black women, #MeToo came centuries too late. America’s original victims of grotesque sexual exploitation: black women, who suffered horribly, in forced silence,…
A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us – James Jeffrey / The Progressive
The Republican Tax Bill Is a Poison Pill That Kills the New Deal – Heather Cox Richardson / Bill Moyers
Alabama Democrats Encounter the Weirdest Sensation: An Election That Matters – Andrew Desideria / The Daily Beast
Roland Martin’s popular news show has been cancelled – Sam Fulwood III / ThinkProgress
Atlanta’s Mayoral Race Should Be a Warning to Democrats – Suzanne Monyak / New Republic
Justice Gorsuch’s radical First Amendment theory could sabotage civil rights law – Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Obama invokes Nazi Germany in warning about today’s politics – Miranda Green / CNN
Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why – Nina Martin and Renee Montagne / NPR
For Trump, Jerusalem is an extension of a global culture war – Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
For black women, #MeToo came centuries too late – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (December 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – A new Poor People’s Campaign wants to change how society defines morality. Led by Rev. William J. Barber II and Rev. Liz Theoharis,…
Did Cornel West Come for Ta-Nehisi Coates? Michael Harriott / The Root
The media isn’t diverse – and this leads to appalling reporting – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
Trump’s new team of judges will radically change American society – Shira A. Scheindlin / The Guardian
Environmental injustice is rising in the US. Minorities and the poor pay the price – Mustafa Santiago Ali / The Guardian
From Africa to the NFL – Sunni Khalid / The Undefeated
She Went Undercover to Expose Sexual Harassment in the Food Industry. It Was Way Worse Than She Imagined – Tom Philpott / Mother Jones
Black lawmakers resentful after Conyers resignation – John Breshnan / Politico
How Gerrymandering Has Made the Black Vote a Form of Token Representation – Frederick Reese / NPR
Poll: Asian-Americans See Individuals’ Prejudice As Big Discrimination Problem – Joe Neel / NPR
A new Poor People’s Campaign wants to change how society defines morality – Katrina vanden Heuvel / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (December 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Republican tax bill is not just immoral. It is an act of violence. Republicans are proposing to give billions in tax breaks to…
