Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
‘Whiteness History Month’ Stirs Up Controversy At Oregon College – Michael Mclaughlin / Huff Post
The unbearable whiteness of Hollywood: The Academy should be ashamed—but the problem is bigger than the Oscars – Jack Mirkinson / Salon
