On Obama (Thinking in Action) 1st Edition – Paul C. Taylor
On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president. The purpose of this book is…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black America and the Class Divide – Henry Louis Gates / NYT
How Racism And Anti-Tax Fervor Laid The Groundwork For Flint’s Water Crisis – Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress
To Fix the Racial Wealth Gap, We Need Solutions That Sound Radical – Steve Phillips / theNation
U.N. Group Says U.S. Should Consider Reparations – Jessie J. Holland / US News
Racial Reparations and the Limits of Economic Policy / NYT Opinion Pages
The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters-Corey Robin / Salon
U. of Alabama activists renew a long conversation about race – Nick Anderson/ Wash Post
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Sports Taught America That ‘Bigotry Is Not a Cool Thing’ – Dave Zirin / The Nation
The sports legend sits down with the Nation’s Dave Zirin. Watch the video, and listen to the conversation.
Obama as folk hero: To be what he’s trying to be – black, idealistic and president – is nothing less than superhuman – Erin Aubry Kaplan / Salon
On the Beat of Black Lives and Bloodshed – Trymaine Lee / NYT
The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha – Rashod Ollison / Salon
The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America – Ethan Michaeli
“An extraordinary history…Deeply researched, elegantly written…a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten.” —Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review Giving voice to the…
Sundance Roars for a Black Film, and Fox Searchlight Bids $17 Million – Brooks Barnes / NYT
All Hollowed Out ( The lonely poverty of the white working class) – Victor Tan Chen / The Atlantic
North Carolina voter-ID case could have ramifications across U.S. – Sari Horwitz / Wash Post
The Disappearance of a Distinctively Black Way to Mourn – Tiffany Stanley / The Atlantic
Five myths about Reconstruction – James W. Loewen / Wash Post
The Oscars and Hollywood’s Race Problem – Roxanne Gray / NYT
Stan Grant’s speech on racism and the Australian dream goes viral – Melissa Davey / theguardian
Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice – Algernon Austin / Nation
A tale of two towns reveals tipping point for America’s suburbs – Henry Gass / Christian Sci Monitor
The Moynihan Report Resurrected – Sam Klug / Dissent
Reverend Barber’s Blueprint for Reconstructing a Racist America – Rev. William J. Barber / Alternet
Race-Baiter – How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation – Eric Deggans
Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum…
Past Voices – My Dungeon Shook: Letter To My Nephew…. James Baldwin (1924 -1987)
The Fire Next Time is a book by James Baldwin. It contains two essays: “My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One…
President Obama, Please Come to Flint – Michael Moore / AlterNet
