Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
The Ken Burns Case for Breaking the Myth of the American Revolution. By Lex Pryor / The Ringer
Meet the first self-ruled community of Black freedmen called Mitchelville — still standing on Hilton Head’s shores. By Natasha S. Alford / The Grio
Ruby Bridges’ Legacy: The Lessons America Still Hasn’t Learned. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
The remains and stories of Native American students reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery. By Mark Scolforo / NCR
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating W.C. Handy, ‘The Father of the Blues.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Michelle Obama’s New Book Is a Historical Document Dressed Up as a Coffee-Table Tome. By Vanessa Friedman / NYT
A trooper’s shove showed stardom doesn’t protect Black athletes from police. By Etan Thomas / The Guardian
Browns Head Coach Faces Allegations After Shedeur Sanders Decision. By Max Escarpio / Athlon Sports
Time Runs Out on Nico Harrison and the Dallas Mavericks. By Brady Brickner-Wood / The New Yorker
A Pot of Gold: Why Math Literacy Must Become a Black Educational Priority. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor and Franca E. Sheehy / Race Inquiry Digest
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 29) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Echoes of America’s Revolutions. By Ronald J. Sheehy, Editor / Race Inquiry Digest
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history comes to a close. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
When A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor Has An Africana Studies Degree. By Stacey Patton / Newsone
Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign. By Tobi Raji / Wash Post
The Equity Docket: Making Black Votes Matter Less. By Terrance Sullivan / The Progressive Magazine
How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
More Americans, especially Black adults, are dying before they can access Medicare benefits, study finds. By Sadie Harley / Medical Express
DEI Rollbacks Are Eroding First-Generation, Low-Income Student Supports. By Sena Ho / The Progressive Magazine
Charlie Kirk’s Group Wants to Grow. Its Latest Target: Black Colleges. By Jasper Smith / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
In a basement at Howard University, scholars work to preserve Black newspapers. By Ira Porter and Cameron Pugh / CSM
House Republicans say a Virginia college president lied to Congress over DEI. By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Wash Post
Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back. By Howard W. French and Lydia Polgreen / NYT
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be ‘pawns,’ and hit back at Trump’s claims about South Africa. By Kate Bartlett / NPR
Caribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US Attacks. By Michael Fox / Truthout
Shared songs with new meaning. By Melissa Florer-Bixler / The Christian Century
T.D. Jakes moves from pastoring to podcasting as his next focus. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Christian Nationalism Shapes Trump’s Disjointed Foreign Policy in Africa. By Jessica Washington / The Intercept
Memorial Honoring Black WWII Soldiers Silently Removed From U.S. Military Cemetery In The Netherlands. By Jeroslyn JoVonn / Black Enterprise
The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence. By Walter Isaacson / The Atlantic
2026 Grammy Nominations Reflect Black Artist Excellence. By Mary Spiller / Black Enterprise
