Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured An Important Message From the Editor – Dr. Ronald J. Sheehy
Biden knows ‘exactly what he is doing’: German Chancellor conveys strong support for Biden. By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing and Jan Philipp Burgard / Politico
Let’s Talk About Trump’s Gibberish. By Tom Nichols / The Atlantic
The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started. By Charlie Savage, Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan / NYT
Justice Alito Is Right About One Thing. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Supreme Court opinions: Clarence Thomas legalizing bump stocks is indefensible. By Mark Joseph Stern / Slate
Fani Willis Appears to Fire Back at Rudy Giuliani’s “Ho” Attack. By Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones
In Texas, Right-Wing Rage Takes a Dark Turn: “War On White America.” By Greg Sargent / The New Republic
New Study Finds Racial Discrimination Has Harmful Long-Term Effects On Black Adolescents. By Mary Spiller / Black Enterprise
Rev. William Barber’s new book on ‘White Poverty’ shows breadth of ‘an American crisis.’ By Martha Quillin / The News and Observer
White gold, Black bodies: how a tiny African nation shaped the world. By Kiratiana Freelon / The Guardian
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
What does ‘Christian nationalism’ even mean? By Jonathan Tran / The Christian Century
Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump term. By Michelle Boorstein and Hannah Knowles / Wash Post
Catholic Bishops Finally Apologize for Church’s Role in Harming Kids at Indigenous Boarding Schools. By Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones
How Harriet Tubman relied on nature to bring the enslaved to freedom. By Tiya Miles / Wash Post
Almost 9 In 10 House Republicans Voted To Put A Confederate Memorial Back At Arlington National Cemetery. By Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost
40 Acres and a Lie. A Collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal
Tulsa Race Massacre: Possibly the Final Insult in Reparations Fight. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Only 1.8% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased. By Benjamin Chrisinger / The Conversation ( Black students at Meharry Medical College in 1915)
‘This Whole Idea Makes My Teeth Itch’: Morgan Freeman Doubles Down on Why He Hates Black History Month. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem. How Black artists made modernism their own. By Susan Tallman / The Atlantic
How a College Landed Kendrick Lamar as Its Surprise Commencement Speaker. By Amelia Benavides-Colón / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
‘Satchel’ recalls the iconic pitcher who helped integrate Major League Baseball. Dave Davies / NPR
Did Celtics Lose on Purpose? Mark Jackson Debates Whether Luka Magic Really Gave Mavs New Life. By Pranav Kotai / Essentially Sports
