Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
I Am A White Woman And I Must Confront My Racism – Bitsy Bentley / Huff Post
Race Inquiry Digest (April 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Not enough time, too many news sources. The following are compelling stories on race and ethnicity that have been selected to inform our readers. Feature…
Saturday’s Celebration of Jackie Robinson Should Remind Us of the Importance of Political Protest – Peter Dreier / Bill Moyers
David Grann’s New Book Explores a Time When Killing Native Americans Wasn’t Murder – Lewis Beale / The Daily Beast
Watch – Hip-hop is politics – Carlos Waters / Vox
This Horrific Georgia Brutality Footage Shows How Bad Cops Cover for Each Other – Jeremy Stahl / Slate
DeVos’ Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White – Vivian Lam / Huff Post
Enslaved man who helped build U-Va. has a building named for him – Linda Wheeler / Wash Post
Oprah Winfrey on ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
The United Incident Wasn’t Racism, But The Reaction From Asians Points To A Truth – Jessica Prois / Huff Post
Here’s How Jeff Sessions Is Preparing To Pack U.S. Prisons With Bodies – Christopher Brauchli / Huff Post
The Unreasonable Genius of Russell Westbrook – Sam Anderson / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (April 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Not enough time, too many news sources. The following are compelling stories on race and ethnicity that have been selected to inform our readers. Feature…
Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk – Julia Angwin et al / Propublica
Why Spicer Didn’t Count the Jewish Gas Victims – Michael Daly / The Daily Beast
The real story behind the famous Chappelle skit starring Charlie Murphy about Prince’s late-night hoops challenge – Jerry Bembry / The Undefeated
Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson plans a lynching memorial in Alabama – Curtis Bunn / The Undefeated
For White America, It’s ‘Happy Days’ Again – Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone
Watch – A Story of Redemption in Flint, Michigan – Dana Romanoff and Nadine Ajaka / The Atlantic
What Mississippi Taught Bobby Kennedy About Poverty – Ellen B. Meacham / NYT
Texas voter ID law was designed to discriminate against minorities, judge rules – Paul J. Weber / Wash Post
Sonia Sotomayor: Not Everyone Can Just Pull Themselves ‘Up By The Bootstraps’ – Carolina Moreno / Huff Post
‘It Did Not Stick’: The First Federal Effort to Curb Police Abuse – Sheryl Gay Stolberg / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (April 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Not enough time, too many news sources. The following are compelling stories on race that have been selected to inform our readers. Feature – How Jeff…
America’s forgotten crisis: over 50% of one Native American tribe are homeless – Julian Brave NoiseCat / The Guardian
Watch Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys Honor Tupac With Riveting Medley at Rock Hall – Elias Leight / Rolling Stone
