Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
On Race in America (Jan 17) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured The Silence of Elites. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
On Race in America (Jan 10) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured The Mask as a Symbol of Force, Power, and Unaccountability. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level. By Peter Baker / NYT
Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago. By Ann E. Marimow / NYT
Special elections ordered for Mississippi Supreme Court after voting rights violation. By Ap and NPR
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce. By Madiba K. Dennie / TPM
How the GOP abuses its white Republican base. By Thom Hartmann / Alternet
Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Bigotry on the Right. By Pooja Salhotra / NYT
Black Men Are Committing Suicide at an Alarming Rate, But This Is How To Help. By Lawrence Ware / The Root
Racial Harassment of Students Ignored by Trump’s Department of Education. By Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz and Jodi S. Cohen / Propublica
Black Students Face Racism In Texas Schools With No Support. By Joe Jurado / Newsone
The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee. By Clyde McGrady / NYT
Venezuela Is on the Verge of a Major Humanitarian Tragedy. By James North / TNR
’60 Minutes’ segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online. By Safiyah Riddle / PBS
In Gaza, another winter of despair. By Ishaan Tharoor / Wash Post
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid. By Anna Maria Barry-Jester / Propublica
Ghana’s president urged to rally African leaders behind push for slavery reparations. By Catarina Demony / MSN
“A path toward others”: Pope Leo calls for peace and welcoming immigrants with compassion. By CK Smith / Salon
JD Vance, playing unifier, declares the US ‘a Christian nation.’ By Mark Silk / RNS
What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism. By Molly Worthen / NYT
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Freedom for Christmas: the extraordinary journey of an enslaved woman to Britain. By Genevieve Johnson / The Conversation
Andrew Johnson’s 1868 Christmas pardon shows how forgiveness and politics collide. By CK Smith / Salon
Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve jazz canceled after Trump renaming. By Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill
‘Say It Louder’: Dave Chappelle Torches the Charlie Kirk–MLK Jr. Comparison — Then Drops One Line That Stops People Cold.
Stop Calling Me ‘Blackie!’ How Colorism Nicknames Still Wreak Havoc on Beautiful Black Women. By Asheea Smith / The Root
A’ja Wilson, ‘Sinners,’ Shedeur Sanders and more. Here’s our favorite sports and pop culture moments from 2025. By Sheila Matthews, Justin Tinsley and David Dennis Jr. / Andscape
Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart’s foundation is fighting cancer, empowering inner-city youth. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Lions fan speaks out after altercation with Steelers star. By Ryan Gaydos / Fox Sports
Black Faith and the Heresy of Christian Nationalism. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
On Race in America (Jan 3) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured A New Year, and the Shape of Hope (2026-2028). By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America