Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A Southern city wants to secede from its school district, raising concerns about segregation – Emma Brown / Wash Post
South African Girls Hold Anti-Racism Protest – Neeti Upadhye / NYT Video
Students at Pretoria High School for Girls are demonstrating against what they call racist school policies. They say they are not allowed to speak their…
Colin Kaepernick’s brave statement: His national anthem protest exemplifies the values America must stand for – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Colin Kaepernick and What White Fans Don’t Understand About Black Athletes – Evan F. Moore / Rolling Stone
If there’s one thing Colin Kaepernick has shown us this week, it’s that when a black athlete steps out of line in the eyes of…
Booked: The Origins of the Carceral State – Timothy Shenk / Dissent
The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street – Alexia Fernandez Campbell / The Atlantic
Historic Event in London Honors ‘International Slavery Remembrance Day’ – Lilly Workneh / Huff Post
White Man Calls In to C-SPAN to Ask How He Can Stop Being Prejudiced. Here’s the Moving Response – Inae Oh / Mother Jones
On Sunday, an ordinary C-SPAN segment quickly transformed into a rare and moving conversation about racial attitudes in America, when a white man called in…
Russell Simmons says Hollywood is ‘self-segregated’ and ‘lacks culture’ – Kady Phillips / Blavity
Past Voices – Watch the (Indie) Works of Oscar Micheaux, Pioneering African-American Filmmaker – Justin Morrow / No film School
For a man the Producer’s Guild called the “most prolific independent filmmaker in American cinema,” African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux is a relatively obscure figure in…
Collegiate Voices – Trump fights breaking out across college campuses – Tyler Pager / Politico
What the world could lose in America’s presidential election – Fred Hiatt / Wash Post
How two of L.B.J.’s least celebrated accomplishments shaped the battle between Clinton and Trump – Kevin Baker / NYT
Two Terrible Ideas, on Their Way to History’s Dustbin (Trickledown Economics and Colorblindness) – Felicia Wong and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation
Latino and Hispanic identities aren’t the same. They’re also not racial groups – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Point Taken: Should the U.S. Pay Reparations to Black Americans? NPR Video
The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” wrote William Faulkner, in Requiem for a Nun. Though Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation put an end to…
Dwyane Wade’s cousin Nykea Aldridge killed; 2 brothers charged – Ralph Ellis and Vivian Kuo / CNN
For black communities the question of ‘who you gonna call’ is real – Thandisizwe Chimurenga / Daily Kos
Americans are supposed to turn to police after a murder. In black communities, they often can’t – German Lopez / Vox
A veteran crime reporter explains how police under- and overpolice black Americans. Read more here
Mothers fighting Chicago gun violence one block at a time – Sher Watts Spooner / Daily Kos
3 dead, 23 wounded in Chicago shootings from Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning – Megan Crepeau and Denanese Williams-Harris / Chicago Tribune
Making a Home for Black History : The vision and the challenges behind a new museum on the National Mall – Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
The disturbing dawn of the alt-right: Donald Trump’s the leader of a dark movement in America – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Why Trump And The White Supremacist Alt-Right Are Threats To Democratic Values – And Our National Security – Robert Creamer / Huff Post
Hillary Clinton’s full remarks in Reno, Nevada / Politico and You Tube
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump’s support of the “alternative-right” movement is “taking hate groups mainstream.” She delivered a blistering denunciation of Donald Trump’s personal and political history…
Donald Trump’s Description of Black America Is Offending Those Living in It – Richard Fausset, Alan Blinder and John Eligon / NYT
