Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Make America Great Again for the People It Was Great for Already – Bryce Covert / NYT
Trump’s Asymmetric Warfare – Charles M. Blow / Wash Post
Black And Latino Students Lose Out To White Peers. And It’s Getting Worse – Rebecca Klein / Huff Post
120 Years After the Plessy Decision, Has Jim Crow Segregation Ended or Evolved? David Love – AtlBlackStar
Court Orders Mississippi Town To Desegregate Schools – Emma Brown / Wash Post
Roots: Official Trailer | Premieres Memorial Day 2016 | History / You Tube
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA. — Cannons boomed, shaking the leaves off 50-foot trees. “Ready, I need fire on that hill!” an urgent voice yelled. Weapons were…
The invisible tax on teachers of color – U.S. Secretary of Education John King / Wash Post
America’s Cult of Ignorance Is No Match for Asia’s Cult of Intelligence – John W. Traphagan / The World Post
Has South Africa Lost Its Way? The ANC’s Unfulfilled Promise – Jessica Piombo and Cherrel Africa / Foreign Affairs
South Africa is in the middle of a period of political and economic unrest unlike anything the country has experienced since the end of apartheid…
Appetite for destruction: White America’s death wish is the source of Trump’s hidden support – Andrew O’Hehir / Salon
Collegiate Voices – Poet Perfectly Explains The Struggles Black Women Face At PWIs – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
There are 10 guaranteed things that black women who attend predominantly white institutions (PWIs) for college experience, according to poet Kwyn Townsend Riley. View the…
Past Voices – Pride and Prejudice: The Early History of African Americans in Medicine by Russell W. Irvine
Travis J.A. Johnson, a member of the Class of 1908, is widely hailed as the first black graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons…
Part 2: Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Joins with Pastor to Achieve Criminal Justice Reform
Kenneth Glasgow pastor and founder and national president of The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS), a faith-based organization focusing on criminal justice reform and rehabilitation of…
Collegiate Voices – Clemson Students End 9-Day Sit-In – Josh Logue / Inside Higher Ed
Students at Clemson University ended a nine-day sit-in outside Sikes Hall with chants, fists raised, speeches and a standing ovation from a crowd of supporters. Theirs…
Today’s teens are more skeptical that racism will go away than teens in 1966 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
One of the Most Racially Divided States in the Country Just Passed a New Voter-ID Bill – Ari Berman / The Nation
How psychologists used these doctored Obama photos to get white people to support conservative politics – Max Ehrenfreund / Wash Post
We didn’t need to drop the bomb — and even our WW II military icons knew it – Gar Alperovitz / Salon
Prison slavery’: Alabama inmates strike over awful conditions, unpaid work – Stephen Lamb / RT
Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars / Democracy Now
“We are engaged in a struggle for our lives.” Kinetik Justice co-founder of the Free Alabama Movement. He is currently serving his 28th month in…
Autism Research’s Overlooked Racial Bias – Amy Yee / The Atlantic
The one thing rich parents do for their kids that makes all the difference – Emily Badger / Wash Post
What Young Men Of Color Can Teach Us About The Achievement Gap – Elissa Nadworny / NPR
Racism by Any Other Name – Vann R. NewKirk / The Atlantic
Terms such as “racial conflict” fail to describe the challenge Obama faced, or the resentment that has powered Trump’s rise. Read more and view the…
Ex-Cop Facing Federal Civil Rights Charges For Fatally Shooting Man In The Back – Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed
How to get justice in civil rights cold cases – Aditya Shah / Politico
