Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
WATCH: Killing the Trump within: White dudes, it’s time to summon your inner Skywalker! Baynard Woods / Salon
Every man — especially every white man — can identify with Trump’s misdeeds more than we’d like to admit . Remember that scene in “The…
Moonlight: Barry Jenkins’s beautiful, sympathetic film is one of the best of the year – Bill Leitch / New Republic
Here’s how to fight Trump’s ballot bullies – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Then: “The extension of the franchise to black citizens was strongly resisted. Among others, the Ku Klux Klan . . . attempted to prevent the 15th Amendment…
5 Intriguing NBA Season Storylines That Don’t Involve Golden State, Cleveland – Steve McPherson / Rolling Stone
Singer Aaron Neville’s Rough Road to Salvation – Jacob Blickenstaff / Mother Jones
Poor white Americans’ current crisis shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country as off guard as it has – Alec Macgillis and Propublica / The Atlantic
Sometime during the past few years, the country started talking differently about white Americans of modest means. Early in the Obama era, the ennobling language…
We’re here, but we’re invisible’: Native Americans fight to vote on their reservations – Keri Lerner / ThinkProgress
Islamophobia Won’t End on Election Day (and It Didn’t Start With Trump) – Deepa Iyer / The Nation
Why should we trust you? Clinton’s big problem with young black Americans – Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor / The Guardian
‘Too Bad You’re Latin,’ But Sounds Familiar to African Americans – John Leguizamo / NYT
Will Trump Resurrect a Violent South? Hate groups are on the rise – Jon Jefferson / The Daily Beast
Hate groups are on the rise. Klan membership is increasing astronomically. In Trumped-up America, are we marching back to Bloody Sunday and Bombingham? As police…
How Kids Learn Prejudice – Katherine D. Kinzler / NYT Sunday Review
Donald Trump is the white boomers’ last gasp — believe it or not, the future looks brighter – David Masciotra / Salon
Past Voices – Why We Need A Posthumous Presidential Pardon For Marcus Garvey – Julius W. Garvey / Huff Post
Watch – The new civil rights march: resisting Alabama’s photo ID law – Dillon Hayes, Mae Ryan and Valerie Lapinski / The Guardian
Alabama is the home of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, designed to fight voter suppression. But since 2014, Alabama citizens have been required to present…
The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon – Scott Timberg / Salon
For young black activists, an urgent task: Persuading peers to vote – Venessa Williams / Wash Post
This Election Is Being Rigged—but Not by Democrats – Ari Berman / The Nation
Kevin Durant: Why the NBA Superstar Had to Blow Up His Life to Get His Shot – Paul Solotaroff / Rolling Stone
The way forward after black men are shot dead – Debbie Mukamal and David Skiansky / Wash Post
Nat Turner’s Skull and My Student’s Purse of Skin – Daina Ramey Berry / NYT
This month, Richard Hatcher, a former mayor of Gary, Ind., delivered what researchers suspect is the skull of Nat Turner, the rebel slave, to Turner’s…
Report finds racial bias in facial recognition technology – Jeff Stone / Christ Sci Monitor
NFL’s celebration penalties aren’t about sportsmanship. They’re about control – Sally Jenkins / Wash Post
A short history of white people rigging elections – Dara Lind / Vox
The Price We Paid: Race, Reparative Justice and the Drug War – Dionna King / The Root
Watch America’s most segregated city: the young black voters of Milwaukee – Paul Lewis and Tom Silberstone / The Guardian
Milwaukee is one of the most politically polarized and racially segregated cities in America. Paul Lewis and Tom Silverstone discover a mix of alienation and…
How ‘Bias’ Went From a Psychological Observation to a Political Accusation – Emily Bazelon / NYT Magazine
In 2004, 57 police officers of different races were divided into two groups for a simple experiment. Half of them were shown two photo lineups,…