Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
An elite police squad was supposed to clean up the streets of 1970s Detroit. Instead, it terrorized African Americans – Mark Binelli / New Republic
The New Champions of School Integration – Richard Kahlenberg / The Atlantic
Donald Trump, Jews and the myth of race: How Jews gradually became “white,” and how that changed America – Jonathan Zimmerman / Salon
How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs – Sari Horwitz / Wash Post
Federal judge approves Baltimore police consent decree – Peter Hermann and Sari Horwitz / Wash Post
Trumps budget : Ideological conflicts between fiscal conservatism, white identity politics and right-wing populism – Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (April 6) – 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 – James…
James Cone and Taylor Branch on MLK’s Fight for Economic Equality – Bill Moyers
How James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time still lights the way towards equality – Steven W Thrasher / The Guardian
The style of Maya Angelou – Jill Hudson / The Undefeated
On the 49th Anniversary of MLK’s Assassination, Activists Are Marching for the Causes He Championed – P.R. Lockhart / Mother Jones
Fifty years later, King’s warning still resonates – Katrina vanden Heuvel / Wash Post
No sympathy: How Ayn Rand’s “elitism” lives on in the Trump administration – Firmin Debrabander / The Conversation via Salon
Watch “Rev Dr William J Barber II – When Silence is Not an Option – Riverside Church / You tube
Missing black and Latina children are a crisis for all of us – Roxanne Jones / CNN
Sweeping Federal Review Could Affect Consent Decrees Nationwide – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Eric Lichtblau / NYT
Bernie is wrong and Malcolm was right: What white liberals so often get wrong about racism and Donald Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (April 3) – 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. Featured – “That…
Just a Reminder: The NCAA Is a Plantation, and the Players Are the Sharecroppers – Michael Harriot / The Root
Diversity doesn’t make racism magically disappear – Daniel Jose Camacho / The Guardian
It’s about time we give Venus Williams the credit she deserves – Maya A. Jones / The Undefeated
Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past – Collier Meyerson / The Nation
Finding Growth at My Historically Black College – Skylar Mitchell / NYT Sunday Rev
Black and Proud. Even if Strangers Can’t Tell – Rebecca Carroll / NYT
Rise in Hate Crimes Spurs States to Enhance Protections – Nikita Biryukov / NBC
Whether proudly assimilated or quietly undocumented, Indians are feeling the hostility of Trump’s America – Henry Grabar / Slate
