Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Larry Wilmore On ‘Breaking Taboos’ At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner / Fresh Air NPR
Welfare and the Politics of Poverty – Karen Sughrue / NYT Retroreport Video
Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform was supposed to move needy families off government handouts and onto a path out of poverty. Twenty years later, how…
Past Voices – The Brown v. Board Decision : “The Impact of the Desegregation Process on the Education of Black Students ” (1983) – Russell W. Irvine and Jacqueline J. Irvine
Few, if any, events in this century have rivaled the impact of the 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. l The decision…
Racism Is Real. Trump Helps Show It. – Jenee Desmond-Harris / NYT
Confessions of a Republican (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial) / You Tube Video
The parallels to 2016 are chilling! See the video here
Lifted Up by Love, Not Just Basketball – William C. Rhoden / NYT
‘This can’t happen by accident: The link between race and real estate’ – Emily Badger / Wash Post
Keeping Black Girls Off the Path to Prison – Allison Keys / The Root
The incredible explosion of slavery after 1790 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
Collegiate Voices – Removing a racist legacy at Monmouth University? Amanda Oglesby / USA Today
Teen Birth Rates Plummet For Hispanic And Black Girls – Jennifer Ludden / NPR
Beauty and danger: The global pursuit of whiter skin – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
In 1983 I wrote and co-produced Color, a half-hour video drama which aired on public television. It dealt with skin color issues in the black American community which we called…
Debate: Should White Supremacy Be Considered a Mental Illness? Anna Nti-Asare / Huff Post
Past Voices – Andrew Jackson’s Adopted Indian Son – Rebecca Onion / Slate
Was bringing home an Indian boy after slaughtering his family an act of compassion or of political expedience? Read more