Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
JD Vance’s confusing evolution from liberal touchstone to Maga superstar. By Alice Herman and Stephen Starr / The Guardian
Bishop William Barber: Trump & Republicans Did Not Offer “Unity” at RNC, Only More Lies & Hate. By Nermeen Shaikh and Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Big Lie About Immigrants You Heard at the RNC This Week. By Matt Shuham / HuffPost
DEI is under attack but workplace commitments are not wavering. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today (Image NYT)
The Country’s Most Conservative Court Just Reinstated a Jim Crow-Era Voter Suppression Law. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Who Had Pancreatic Cancer, Dead At 74. AP and HuffPost
The Trump-Vance ticket aligns the GOP with Europe’s far right. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
Arab and Muslim media on the Trump shooting: Dark jokes, darker warnings. By Mohammad Ali Salih / Salon
In this city, people say Russia must defeat Ukraine and the West at any cost. By Francesca Ebel / Wash Post
Pressure Rises on Netanyahu Over Cease-Fire Deal Ahead of His Congress Speech. By Ephrat Livni / NYT
Republicans inch closer to seeing Trump as a literal god. By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos
The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention. By Esau McCaulley / NYT
Texas’ Christian-influenced curriculum spurs concerns. By Jaden Edison / Texas Tribune
For Black people, there’s an important history of flight as fight. By Kellie Carter Jackson / CNN
The Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over WWII explosion. By Ayana Archie / NPR
Tuskegee syphilis study whistleblower Peter Buxtun has died at age 86. By Mike Stobbe / ABC News
When Shirley Chisholm paid a visit to George Wallace. By Adam Nicholas Phillips / RNS
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Is in ‘Shock’ Over Finding Your Roots’ Emmy Nod: ‘I Thought I Was Hallucinating.’ By JP Mangakindan / People
When Is a Stand-Up Special Like ‘The Wire’? When Ali Siddiq Is Onstage. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
USA squeaks by South Sudan, receives major wake-up call. By Jeff Zillgitt / USA Today
Simone Biles Rising review: Netflix’s new docuseries enters the Olympics megastar’s mind. By Rebecca Schuman / Slate
Years into efforts to attract more Black players, MLB sees signs of hope. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Olympian Noah Lyles Wins 100-m in London. Paris Games Await. By AP and Time
Joel Embiid Believes He Could Have Been the GOAT. By David Marchese / NYT
Biden Drops Out of Race, Scrambling the Campaign for the White House. By Peter Baker / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jul 25) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The simple reason why Kamala Harris has Donald Trump running scared. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
1932 was a pivotal year in the Nazis’ ascent. It’s a terrifying parallel for today. By Peter Frizxhe / Forward
Biden Tries to Calm the Waters. By Peter Wehner / The Atlantic
Biden, addressing NAACP, bashes Trump in bid to move beyond age questions. By Toluse Olorunnipa / Wash Post
This Is the Most Extreme Presidential Ticket in Modern American History. By Andy Levy and Danielle Moody /The Daily Beast Podcast
