Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey is ascending at her alma mater. By Sean Hurd / Andscape
An Old-Fashioned Scandal Fells a New Harvard President. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Is Trump Hell? By Maureen Dowd / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Jan 4) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured An Old-Fashioned Scandal Fells a New Harvard President. By David A. Graham / The Atlantic
America’s Thirst for Authoritarianism. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed. By Eileen Sullivan / NYT
Biden economy: New polls reveal experiences of Black and Latino voters. By Christian Paz / Vox
Diversity policies face ‘full-out attack’ in 2024, leading HR boss warns. By Lauren Aratani / The Guardian
The Biggest Threat to America’s Universities. By Paul Krugman / NYT
What elite colleges and their critics get wrong about antisemitism and free speech. By Nicole Narea / Vox
A fight for Black representation, with a civil rights landmark on the line. By Patrick Marley / Wash Post
The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants. By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash and Rene Marsh / CNN
Alabama made $450 million annually from ‘convict leasing,’ forcing Black prisoners to work at fast-food chains: Lawsuit. By Elura Nanos / Laaw and Crime
For some Black women, the fear of death shadows the joy of birth. By Alilah Johnson / Wash Post
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations. By Negar Fani and Nathaniel Harnatt / The Conversation
Disturbed About Man by Benjamin E Mays. Former President of Morehouse College / Amazon
Black church coalition names reparations, voting, health equity among priorities. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
James Carville Draws Fire For Calling Speaker Mike Johnson a Christian Nationalist. By Cecilia Buchanan / Beliefnet
What Was Christmas Like For Slaves In America? By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a U.S. university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics. By William Trollinger / The Conversation
In the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks. By Thomas S. Bremer / The Conversation
Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery, despite some GOP pushback. AP News
Black Music Sunday: Remembering Grover Washington Jr.—’Mr. Magic’ himself. By Denise Oliver-Velez / Daily Kos
Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only’ Review: Sold-Out Laughs. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
Trailblazing baseball player Larry Doby receives posthumous Congressional Gold Medal. By The Grio Staff
Congress may honor Major Taylor, first Black American sports world hero. By Michael Kranish / Wash Post
Losing the NBA would be a stinging blow to Black D.C. By Kevin B. Blackistone / Wash Post
NFL gets this call right: first all-Black on field and replay crew. By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Tyreek Hill might be the most valuable player in the NFL. By Adam Kilgore / Wash Post
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks scoring record overshadowed by game ball drama with Pacers. By Eric Nehm / The Athletic
