Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Spreading hate has backfired on right-wing media: How Fox News unwittingly destroyed the Republican Party – Cody Cain / Salon
For years, Fox News has profited from its vicious, divisive rhetoric — and now a steep price is being paid. Read here.
The Radical Political Independence of Jackie Robinson – Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast
Thomas Jefferson spent years raping his slave Sally Hemings. A new novel treats their relationship as a love story – Constance Grady / Vox
Conservatives Will Hate HBO’s New Film on the Disgraceful War Waged on Anita Hill – Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones
Between Bill Clinton and Black Lives Matter, a generational divide (+video) – Peter Grier / Chris Sci Monitor
How Bill Clinton and Black Lives Matter protesters view the 1994 crime bill is in part shaped by their different generational experiences. Read and view…
Study finds police fatally shoot unarmed black men at disproportionate rates – Wesley Lowery / Wash Post
If There’s a White President, Will There Finally Be a Black Agenda? Lauren Victoria Burke / The Root
Robert Reich: Voter Suppression Threatens All Americans / Salon / Video
The former secretary of labor sounds off on the dangers of voter ID laws like the one just implemented in Wisconsin. View the video here
This war is for America’s soul: Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and how wealthy white elites protect themselves – Heather Cox Richardson / Salon
Jackie Robinson ( A New Film) – An Inside Look – PBS
JACKIE ROBINSON premieres Monday-Tuesday, April 11-12, 2016, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS. Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss their new film, JACKIE…
When Whites Just Don’t Get It – Nicholas Kristof / NYT
The People v. O. J. Simpson Will Be with Us Forever – Vinson Cunningham / The New Yorker
Why the ‘one person, one vote’ case was so important – Robert Gebelhoff / Wash Post
Chicago’s staggering rise in gun violence and killings – Mark Berman / Wash Post
A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race – Geeta Gandbhir and Michele Stephenson / NYT
In this installment of our “Conversations on Race” series for Op-Docs, Asian-Americans talk about how stereotypes unfairly confine them — particularly the one that brands…
Donald Trump Wants To Remind White People That Gun Violence Is A Black Problem – Dana Liebelson and Nick Wing / Huff Post
Past Voices – Negroes and the Gun: A Winchester “in every Black home” – Nicholas Johnson / Wash Post
More African-Americans Support Carrying Legal Guns For Self-Defense – Martin Kaste / NPR Podcast
Rick Ector trains new gun owners at a range just outside of Detroit. He supports more African-Americans getting permits to carry concealed weapons. African-Americans are…
