Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Welfare and the Politics of Poverty – Karen Sughrue / NYT Retroreport Video
Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform was supposed to move needy families off government handouts and onto a path out of poverty. Twenty years later, how…
Past Voices – The Brown v. Board Decision : “The Impact of the Desegregation Process on the Education of Black Students ” (1983) – Russell W. Irvine and Jacqueline J. Irvine
Few, if any, events in this century have rivaled the impact of the 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. l The decision…
Racism Is Real. Trump Helps Show It. – Jenee Desmond-Harris / NYT
Confessions of a Republican (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial) / You Tube Video
The parallels to 2016 are chilling! See the video here
Lifted Up by Love, Not Just Basketball – William C. Rhoden / NYT
‘This can’t happen by accident: The link between race and real estate’ – Emily Badger / Wash Post
Keeping Black Girls Off the Path to Prison – Allison Keys / The Root
The incredible explosion of slavery after 1790 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Collegiate Voices – Removing a racist legacy at Monmouth University? Amanda Oglesby / USA Today
Teen Birth Rates Plummet For Hispanic And Black Girls – Jennifer Ludden / NPR
Beauty and danger: The global pursuit of whiter skin – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
In 1983 I wrote and co-produced Color, a half-hour video drama which aired on public television. It dealt with skin color issues in the black American community which we called…
Debate: Should White Supremacy Be Considered a Mental Illness? Anna Nti-Asare / Huff Post
Past Voices – Andrew Jackson’s Adopted Indian Son – Rebecca Onion / Slate
Was bringing home an Indian boy after slaughtering his family an act of compassion or of political expedience? Read more
U.S. Preaches Human Rights Across The Globe, But Fails to Provide Black and Poor People a Basic Human Right – David Love / Atlblackstar
Flint Water Crisis: Obama To Visit As Residents Talk Environmental Racism At Civil Rights Hearings – Anya Wassenberg / Inquisitr
On the Fast Track to Adulthood With Limited Options – Emily Deruy / The Atlantic
Mississippi, the Two-Flag State – W. Ralph Eubanks / The New Yorker
Why Mass Incarceration Doesn’t Pay – Jason Furman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin / NYT
Why Is the Racial Wealth Gap Widening? And What Should Be Done to Reverse it? Robert Reich / Huff Post
The Return’ Documentary Addresses Over Criminalization & The Effects on Families / PBS
Be sure to check out the premiere of PBS premiere of The Return on May 23. For a look at the trailer along with more…
Collegiate Voices – Free Speech on Campus: A Forum – Editors / Dissent
Over the last several years, reinvigorated movements for racial, social, and economic justice have transformed the American political landscape. As they have taken root on…
How Segregation Has Persisted in Little Rock – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
The Racist Roots of Virginia’s Felon Disenfranchisement – Matt Ford / The Atlantic
African-American Voters Have an Understandable Reason to Support Hillary Clinton – Eric Foner / The Nation
Obama tackles criminal justice reform in weekly address – Susan Gardner / Daily Kos
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Erik Eckholm / NYT
