Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Debt and the Racial Wealth Gap – Paul Kiel / NYT
On Being White….. and Other Lies – James Baldwin / The Cross of Redemption : Uncollected Writings
The crisis of leadership in the white community is remarkable – and terrifying – because there is, in fact, no white community. This may seem…
Why Police Are So Violent Toward Black Men ( An ex-cop) – Leon Neyfakh and Aaron Wolfe / Slate
Young black men killed by US police at highest rate in year of 1,134 deaths – Jon Swaine, Oliver laughland, Jamiles lartey, and Ciara McCarthy / theguardian
Rosewood massacre a harrowing tale of racism and the road toward reparations – Jessica Glenza / theguardian
From Inspiring to Polarizing – Robert Samuels / Wash Post
America’s self-destructive whites – Fareed Zakaria / Wash Post
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Cleveland’s Terrible Stain – Editorial Board / NYT
Tamir Rice and America’s Legal Crisis – Paul Brandeis Raushenbush / Huff Post
The Paranoid Style of American Policing – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
White Police are Killing Black Kids – Brittney Cooper / Salon
The Year When Students of Color Put Campuses on Notice – Jailyn Gladney / The Nation
2015: The Year in Race Relations – Tyler Bishop / The Atlantic
‘Concussion’ and the Serious Impact of Repeated Head Trauma – ABC News / You tube
I hear more parents telling me they won’t let their kids play until high school,” said Dustin Fink, an Illinois athletic trainer who blogs about…
It’s been devastating: Former NFL players count the cost of concussions – Rory Carroll / The Guardian
December 25, 1865: The Ku Klux Klan is Formed – Richard Kreitner / The Nation
We Have Lincoln Wrong : Our Greatest Lincoln Historian Explains – Harold Holzer and Norton Garfinkle / Salon
A disproportionate number of black victims in fatal traffic stops – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
Choose Your Own Identity – Bonnie Tsui / NYT
Yellowface and racism against Asians is just as important as other prejudice – Carmen Fishwick / The Guardian
The New Attack on Hispanic Voting Rights – Jim Rutenberg / NYT
The Real Reason Sandra Bland Got Locked Up – Debbie Nathan / Salon
The thought of a white man in my chimney does not delight me – Kathleen Furin / Salon
Steph Curry, Fellow NBA Stars Call For End to Gun Violence – Marina Fang / Huff Post
The African American Newspaper (Voices of Freedom) – Patrick S. Washburn
In March of 1827 the nation’s first black newspaper appeared in New York City–to counter attacks on blacks by the city’s other papers. From this…
