Special Saturday Edition – Race Inquiry
This week’s news has been dominated by Trump, Orlando, and guns. Although we have provided compelling content concerning those issues, we have not posted other important stories which emerged…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
We Must March on Cleveland – Michael Eric Dyson / The New Republic
The moral obligation to protest the Republican Convention. “You’ve been tough on me,” he said, “but I love you.” It was last summer, and there…
Fear, racism, and hatred: Why the gun industry makes so much money off mass shootings – Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Will there be enough white voters to elect Donald Trump? Stuart Rothenberg / Wash Post
Germans and Jews Documentary Trailer / You Tube
Review: ‘Germans & Jews,’ a New Generation Continues a Difficult Conversation – Ken Jaworowski / NYT Don’t expect simple answers in “Germans & Jews.” Just…
Donald Trump Could Learn a Thing or Two About Tolerance from His Ancestral Homeland – Nick Schager / The Daily Beast
Orlando’s Latino community hit hard by massacre at nightclub – Kevin Sullivan and Arelis R. Hernandez / Wash Post
Past Voices – What Gun Control Advocates Can Learn From Abolitionists – Rebecca Onion / Slate
Slave ownership was once as entrenched in American life as gun ownership. Historical parallelism is a dangerous game. But in the days after the shootings…
Trump And Mateen: Brothers In Hate – Robert Kuttner / Huff Post
Ban assault weapons now: Our view – The Editorial Board / USA Today
Former Australian PM warns US on gun control – Bernie Lo and Nyshka Chandran / CNBC
Australian comedian perfectly sums up why other countries think US gun laws are crazy – Zack Beauchamp / Vox
The assault on the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is officially the deadliest mass shooting in American history — with 50 people dead (including…
After Orlando, divided we mourn – Michael Gerson / Wash Post
National Anti-Racism Strategy and Racism. It Stops with Me Campaign / Australian Human Rights Commission
The Orlando Killings and the Message of Muhammad Ali’s Funeral – David Zirin / The Nation
The people who witnessed Ali’s interfaith service need to take its lessons forward in a post-Orlando world. Read more
Muhammad Ali Knocks Out the Confederacy – Michael Daly / The Daily Beast
No Republicans, Two Women Of Color Will Square Off To Be California’s Next U.S. Senator – Aaron Rupa / Thinkprogress
Latinos And American Identity In A Time Of Trump: A Postcard From El Paso – Eyder Peralta / NPR
Donald Trump Is George Wallace’s Cynical Heir – Laurence Leamer / The Daily Beast
Eulogies for Muhammed Ali – A President, A Comedian, A Black Preacher / You Tube
Former President Bill Clinton has never been better. View here. Billy Crystal has never been funnier. View here Dr. Kevin Cosby delivers incredible speech. View…
Honor Medgar Evers by fighting for voting rights – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City – Nikole Hannah-Jones / The NYT Magazine
Past Voices – Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005) – Unbought and Unbossed / You Tube
The first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. View the Video Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005)…
How to Change White Teachers’ Lenses – Venessa Romo / Slate
The Civil Rights Problem In U.S. Schools: 10 New Numbers – Anya Kamenetz / NPR
In Mississippi Town, Some Fear School Desegregation Ruling May Backfire – Richard Fausset / NYT
Black Kids Are 4 Times More Likely to Be Suspended Than White Kids – Edwin Rios and Julia Lurie / Mother Jones
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy Leary
While African Americans managed to emerge from chattel slavery and the oppressive decades that followed with great strength and resiliency, they did not emerge unscathed….