Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
State Universities Are Scrambling to Appease the Bigoted MAGA Regime. By Aaron R. Hanlon / TNR
Trump Warns Europe About “Civilizational Erasure.” By Hafiz Rashid / TNR
A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day. By Adam Rasgon / NYT
Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal. By Jeh Johnson / NYT
Trump’s closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration? By Ross Douthat / NYT
Two governors — a Mormon Republican and a Jewish Democrat — team up to stop political violence. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Trump loyalists ‘declare war on the Catholic church. By Lesley Abravanel / AlterNet
The Best Black History Books of 2025. By AAIHS Editors
“Honor Our History”: Trump Slammed for Ending Free National Park Entry on Juneteenth & MLK Day. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it. By Jeanne Theoharis / The Guardian
Where Are the Black Panther Party Leaders Today? By Asheea Smith / The Root
NYTimes: Best Jazz Albums of 2025. By Hank Shteamer
The WNBA is growing, so where are the Black woman head coaches? By Sean Hurd / Andscape
Stephen Jackson Tells Stephen A. Smith To ‘Stick To Sports You Never Played’ After His Jasmine Crockett Comments. By Aria Bell / Blavity
George Altman, Slugger in Negro Leagues, M.L.B. and Japan, Dies at 92. By Michael S. Rosenwald / NYT
Knicks’ Jalen Brunson has flipped the script of his scoring prowess. By James L. Edwards III / The Athletic
Michigan president says Sherrone Moore investigation will continue: ‘All of the facts here must be known.’ By Austin Meek and Sam Jane / The Athletic
Pardons in the Era of Mass Incarceration. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
On Race in America (Dec 27) – Stories, Insight and Perspective
Featured Black Faith and the Heresy of Christian Nationalism. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
A Lesson in Character. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / On Race in America
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism? By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
Watch “When the Military Loses Faith in the President (w/ Mark Hertling)” on YouTube
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026. By Mark Sherman / AP
Federal Immigration Agents Arrive in New Orleans. By Eduardo Medina, Hamed Aleaziz and Shannon Sims / NYT
Here’s why Latino voters are turning away from Trump. By Alex Samuels / Daily Kos
School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York? By Troy Closson / NYT
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Plan To Bring Charter Schools To Stillman College, Tuskegee University—And HBCUs Nationwide. ByAsia Alexander / Forbes
University of Alabama shutters Black, female student magazines. By AP and Politico
Associate Provost on the Right’s Coordinated Attack on Academic Freedom. By Emma Whitfford / Inside Higher Ed.
