Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How Kristi Noem turned ICE into the Proud Boys. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Jeffries slams Stephen Miller as ‘hateful bigot’ and ‘architect’ of DHS ‘brutality.’ By Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it. By Robert Reich / The Guardian
Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her. By Annie Karni / NYT
Harry Enten Says 1 Key Group Has Sharply Flipped On Donald Trump. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities. By Akilah Johnson / Wash Post
So-Called “Intellectual Freedom Centers” Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus. By Sophie Hayssen / Prism
HBCU could soon have federal funding restored after 105 years. By Stephen J. Gaither / HBCU Gameday
Virginia Democrats target military college’s funding after anti-DEI push. By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Erin Cox and Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands. By David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager and Farnaz Fassihi / NYT
What we know about the US-proposed Gaza community. By Soraya Lennie / Aljazeera
Families of 2 men killed in Caribbean boat strike sue U.S. government. By Stefan Becket / CBS News
Is Trump Going to Let Venezuela Starve? By James North / TNR
Catholic Church emerges as a bulwark of resistance. By Avery Lotz / MSN
The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood. By Annie Selak / The Conversation
Young Christians Can Stay in the Black Church. By Michael Lyles II / Christianity Today
What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
America Keeps Trying to Clean Up George Washington’s History, But We Won’t Forget the Nine He Enslaved. By Wayne Washington / The Root
ASALH Marks Century of Black History Month Celebrations in 2026. By Walter Hudson / EduLedger
Celebrating Black Military Service Is Not “DEI Shit.” It’s Essential to America’s Defense. By Matthew Delmont / Mother Jones
What America Lost When It Lost Mother Fletcher. By Caleb Gayle / The Atlantic
Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles, 1937-2026. By Jamal Watson / The EduLedger
Wynton Marsalis, Founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Step Down. By Robin Pogrebin / NYT
‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America. By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva / The Guardian
Clamor is growing in Europe to boycott Trump’s World Cup. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
Serena Williams refuses to rule out tennis comeback two months after firm denial. By Charlie Eccleshare / The Athletic
LeBron James And His Business Partner, Maverick Carter, Reportedly Are In Talks Of Raising $5B For An International Basketball League. By Samantha Dorisca / Afretech
Hate + Impunity = Violence. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
On Race in America (Feb 7) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured Trump’s Rorschach: The Long Shadow Behind a Racist Trope. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
The Coming Trump Crackup. By David Brooks / NYT
