Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Who Owns The Past? For Native Americans, Reclaiming Family Heirlooms Is a Tricky Business – Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet
From Bittersweet Childhoods to ‘Moonlight’ (One of the year’s best movies) – Nikole Hannah-Jones / NYT
Black parents take their kids to school on how to deal with police – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Tracking the explosion of hate in Trump’s America since Election Day – Adam Peck / ThinkProgress
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president. Within hours, the United States was awash in an unprecedented wave of hateful incidents, many of…
A Discussion on Barack Obama’s Unique Upbringing – Ta-Nehisi Coates / PBS NewsHour
In this interview, Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff about Barack Obama’s childhood, his legacy, and how he ultimately connected with…
Denzel Washington Doesn’t Think Hollywood Has A Colorism Problem – Zeba Blay / Huff Post
The invention of the white working class: The phrase of the year is racist hogwash – Les Leopold / Alternet
Black America Steels Itself for Obama’s Departure and a Future Under Trump -Barrett Holmes Pitner / The Daily Beast
It’s going to be painful for African Americans to watch Obama leave the White House only to be replaced by that man. And that’s just…
March remembers the nearly 800 victims of Chicago’s gun violence in 2016 – CBS News
The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man – Michelle Chen / The Nation
America Has Compensated Other Groups, But Obama Opposes Reparations for Black People. Why? David Love / Atl Black Star
As President Obama prepares to leave the White House, now is as good a time as any to reflect on the ways in which he…
The genomic revolution has led to easy sequencing and cheap “ancestry” tests. White nationalists are paying attention – Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic
The sixties produced a conviction that “democracy is in the streets.” The Trump era may echo that. – Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Tyrus Wong, ‘Bambi’ Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106 – Margalit Fox / NYT
13 Times Latinos Filled Us With Hope And Pride In 2016 – Carolina Moreno and Tanisha Love Ramirez / Huff Post
Jack Johnson, still unforgivable? Obama weighs a pardon – Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
What’s a little DNA between us? How DNA test could lead to racial understanding – Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Anita Foeman’s students had just gotten the results from their genetic tests, and they couldn’t wait to talk. One said her dad cheered when she…
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans…
For the first time, Native American tribes will offer management input for a national monument – Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis / Wash Post
Which Way Does the Arc of Obama’s Moral Universe Bend? Joan Walsh / The Nation
Our first black president will turn over the White House next month to a man I took to calling the Orange Hindenburg, back when I…
Dear Friends of Race Inquiry : An Important Message
In 2015, Race Inquiry Inc. was founded as an independent on-line web site devoted to the dissemination of news about race in America. Although there…
NAACP pushes for national economic boycott of North Carolina – Alice Miranda Ollstein / ThinkProgress
Watch ‘Build a wall’ video hurts Latino students – Kelly Wallace / CNN
The impact of middle school students chanting “build a wall” on Latino students in the city of Royal Oak, Michigan. Watch the video here
How Trump’s victory turns into another ‘Lost Cause’ – John Blake and Twanda Scott Sambou / CNN
After President-elect Donald Trump’s recent victory, some of his supporters celebrated by flying Confederate battle flags from pickup trucks and waving them at rallies. But…
The Housing Crisis Lives On for Minorities – The Editorial Board / NYT
Black Life and Death in the Age of Obama – Kai Wright / The Nation
Any history of black people in America will have to look closely at the year 2014. In a cascading series of events that summer, the…
