Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The 2016 Election Exposed Deep-Seated Racism. Where Do We Go From Here? Brandon Tensley, Michael C. Richardson and Rejane Frederick / Bill Moyers
This wasn’t an election. It was an exposure. That was a common thread of the 2016 Facing Race conference in Atlanta, Georgia, where more than 2,000 activists,…
The Black Middle Class Is About to Get Trumped – Lurie Daniel Favors / The Root
Everything we’ve been taught about “success” in this country and nearly every avenue we’ve used to achieve that success are now threatened by the same…
Black America and the Passing of Fidel Castro – Bill Fletcher, Jr. / Alternet
Dak Prescott is right on time — for Dallas and for America – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Leaders are stoking human tendencies toward tribalism—but this instinct can be overcome more easily than once thought – James Hamblin / The Atlantic
Watch Emotional Trailer for Denzel Washington’s ‘Fences’ / Rolling Stone
Denzel Washington delivers what is forecasted as another Oscar-worthy performance in the upcoming Fences, the big-screen adaptation of August Wilson’s 1983 play that also marks…
The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans – Peter C. Baker / The New Yorker
In the week after the election, the Equal Justice Initiative, of Montgomery, Alabama, released a new report—a fifty-three-page addendum to last year’s “Lynching in America,” an…
My Skin Color Is A ‘F**king Disease’ In Trump’s America – Sahaj Kohli / Huff Post
Why whites must join fight for black justice – Erin Heaney / USA Today
White-Collar Supremacy : The Alt-right Movement – Kelly J. Baker / NYT
Tallahassee, Fla. — Richard B. Spencer is one of the main figures of the alt-right movement, a former doctoral student from Duke whose movement supports…
A Young Black Girl’s View of Harlem at the Height of the Great Migration – Emily Raboteau / The New Yorker
Mildred Harris was born in South Carolina in 1926. She moved to Harlem as a baby, when her parents, Eddie and Jessie Mae Harris, joined…
The Enduring Importance of Identity Liberalism – Lovia Gyarkye / New Republic
The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It’s Also Centuries Old) – Leah Donnella / NPR
‘Let’s party like it’s 1933’: Inside the alt-right world of Richard Spencer – John Woodrow Cox / Wash Post
Anti-Defamation League Official: Racist Incidents ‘A Wake-Up Call’ – NPR Staff
Sweeping New Rutgers Report Reveals University’s Ties to Slavery & Displacement of Native Americans – Juan Gonzalez / Democracy Now
A sweeping new report reveals ties to slavery and the displacement of the Native Americans at one of the country’s top colleges. The findings about…
A Harvard professor argues that fixing America’s urban poverty will require a dramatically different approach – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Poor, black neighborhoods have persisted in America for decades. And despite a few public-policy efforts to make things better—which include helping families move to other…
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR THE FIRST DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE INFAMOUS 1971 ATTICA PRISON UPRISING, THE STATE’S VIOLENT…
Postscript: Sharon Jones, 1956-2016 – Amanda Petrusich / The New Yorker
More black people jailed in England and Wales proportionally than in US – Randeep Ramesh / The Guardian
Trump Advisers Call for National Muslim Registry, Echoing Nazis’ Early Steps in Targeting Jews – Steven Rosenfeld / Alternet
Donald Trump Rages, at the Wrong Target- The Editorial Board / NYT
Millions of Americans are justifiably frightened by the tide of racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia that has swept the country since the election of Donald Trump,…
The love story that changed history: Fascinating photographs of interracial marriage at a time when it was banned in 16 states – Lydia Warren / Daily Mail
Just 45 years ago, 16 states deemed marriages between two people of different races illegal. But in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the case…
Race/Related: Conversations. Trump Voters. On Race – Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
To resist a Trump presidency, ask: “What would the abolitionists do?” Linda Hirsham / Wash Post
The Identity Politics of Whiteness – Laila Lalami / NYT Magazine
